disconcert
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Djokovic's on-court aura can disconcert many younger opponents and Alexander Zverev, often described as the best player of his generation to have never won a major, is one of them.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2019
“Not a smile. It’s not the smile that will disconcert me. Not at all. Or his eyes that will make me afraid. Because I’m not afraid of him.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2017
For a while it looked as if the greater variety would disconcert the home defenders, who are so ferociously direct with their advance that they can be thrown by a change of direction.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2012
He didn’t like it, so he thought he’d disconcert her.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
If it disconcerts you to see Clemson quarterback D.J.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021
That shift in focus disconcerts consumer advocates, who are in favor of better financial education, but not at the expense of oversight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2019
As he’s driving home from work, a song comes on the radio that disconcerts him and triggers a whole train of thought.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 6, 2017
What disconcerts me sometimes is what’s expected of the genre.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2014
The silence and the intimacy of the room disconcerts him.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Even Emily Blunt was publicly disconcerted, begging Hollywood agencies to “please stop taking away our human connection.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Augustine struggled with Perpetua, disconcerted by her sex, her visions and her popularity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
He said he did not believe the audience would be disconcerted if he appeared as a newsman on television on Sundays and a pitchman on the radio during the week.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
Even Danny Danon, a Netanyahu ally and former Israeli ambassador to the U.N. who recently predicted a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia in 2023, seemed disconcerted.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
The cook was quite disconcerted as the facts dawned on him.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
But they did have one potentially innovative and surprising, if disconcerting, solution to our national public health information crisis: A.I. has the potential to help stave off a conspiratorial catastrophe during the next pandemic.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
"They're watching us - which is probably the most disconcerting part about it," said Chris Edwards.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Mr. Dillon’s tone of clinical detachment—from the horrors of the Mao years, for example—can be disconcerting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
There’s also a malevolent private eye played by Raymond Burr in the disconcerting role that made him a star.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
He found the man’s lack of insignia disconcerting and was not even sure he had to say ‘sir.’
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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