disconcert

Example Sentences

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“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

Perhaps her ghostly voice will both comfort and disconcert her beloved Faith, but I assure you, the dog will cope.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2014

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

The result is a genuinely fascinating piece that takes a while to build and may, at the outset, disconcert the accent police with the more persistently adenoidal sounds of the women in the cast.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2011

He didn’t like it, so he thought he’d disconcert her.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman