disarm

Example Sentences

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There’s something about laughter that’s just naturally disarming and puts us at ease.

From Los Angeles Times

Essayli later clarified that his comment only “addressed agitators approaching law enforcement with a gun and refusing to disarm.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"I never said it's legally justified to shoot law-abiding concealed carriers," he said on X. "My comment addressed agitators approaching law enforcement with a gun and refusing to disarm."

From BBC

Left shellshocked by World War I, many believed that the best way to deal with the growing threat in Europe was to disarm the democracies and appease the dictators.

From The Wall Street Journal

A dizzyingly beautiful one and a disarmingly talented one — with all the accompanying cunning, love complexity and joy it means to be human.

From Los Angeles Times