disconcert

Example Sentences

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While such an effect is highly unlikely and would probably be a tad disconcerting, Ms Mansfield says polynucleotides are forging the way when it comes to regenerative skincare.

From BBC

In her conclusion, Ms Jones said it was "disconcerting to hear of David being in such frequent discomfort when the solution could have been more straightforward if a doctor's directions had been followed".

From BBC

He won the Nobel Prize in 1994 for what the committee called his creation of worlds “where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today.”

From Washington Post

“Kim Jong Un is deeply disconcerted by the new South Korean president, who urged a hard-line response to provocations from the North,” she said.

From Washington Post

None of it sound or feels organic or fully human, which is how Seyfried distills the disconcerting essence of Holmes.

From Salon