disconcert

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

In Twin Peaks “they tend to disconcert us because there is something ‘off’ about them.”

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2020

“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

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

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

From the moment Victor Stott is born, he disconcerts those around him.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022

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

“And that’s good. I think a judge should be disconcerted by what he does.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

This abrupt policy shift has left employees feeling disconcerted and undervalued, with some already contemplating job changes and others anxious about the prospect of increased workloads due to potential colleague resignations.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2023

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

Clara had to ask his name every time she saw him and was always disconcerted to find him in his silk robe in the bathroom of her house.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

Not only is the narrative in this “Animal Farm” not the story you knew it to be, but its social implications could be far more disconcerting than a simple change of ideology.

From Salon ● May 3, 2026

We return to the truly disconcerting thing about the AI moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

It was beyond disconcerting to hear the Iranian foreign minister on Sunday sounding like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky circa 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

Finally, he thought that the two cameras hidden in burlap-covered towers might be distracting when he began to play, and the towers themselves, looming over the stage like medieval battering rams, were disconcerting.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady