- present participle of disarm.
disarming
Example Sentences
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It’s a message crafted with such disarming simplicity that, at first, it reads as obvious, even hackneyed.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
With its zesty appreciation for the city’s landscape of oddballs, menacing and disarming alike, “Tuner” has some similarity to one of last year’s best pictures, “Caught Stealing.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
That suggests the group is open to giving up some governance responsibilities, though it is resisting disarming.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
It said negotiations between the two countries would focus on "disarming Hezbollah and establishing peace relations between Israel and Lebanon".
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
To prove his point, he wiggled his ears, which framed his disarming smile like the handles of a fancy soup bowl.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Vocabulary lists containing disarming
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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