unman

Example Sentences

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There’s fear, but not the kind of terror that might unman me, might tempt me to hop the fence and run for home.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2015

The same impulse to unman a social or cultural threat gambols across Groucho’s exchanges with Eliot.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2014

But the very process that allows it to make these corrections—its palindromes—can also unman it.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2012

But the prestige of Victoria grew and grew, nor were her prerogatives trifling: she could disband the army, unman the navy, set free all prisoners, make every British citizen a peer.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Does the thought of facing the Stark boy unman you, Tyrion? Your brother Jaime would be eager to come to grips with him."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin