unsettling

Example Sentences

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This is the Christian tradition: questioning inherited norms, unsettling comfortable hierarchies, insisting that the ethical imagination can go further than traditional society allows.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

It could be an empty office block, a hallway or a corridor - unsettling between-zones.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star in an effectively unsettling horror film from 20-year-old director Kane Parsons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

When one, an unsettling nine-minute experiment about a warren of dingy carpets, taffy-yellow walls and gridded drop ceilings clicked with 78 million viewers, he made sequels.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

It was in some ways unsettling, but compelling as well.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman