unman
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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
"Wind. Trees rustling. A wolf. Which sound is it that unmans you so, Gared?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one.
From Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by John Charles Van Dyke
Nothing more unmans a man than to take away from him the spur of necessity, which urges him onward and upward to the goal of his ambition.
From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Orison Swett Marden
It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men.
From Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age by Louis Klopsch
“It does, young gentlemen, it does,” said Mr Large, in a grateful tone; “I feel a gnawing in my inside which quite unmans me.”
From The Three Commanders by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
In recent years, both nations have deployed semi-autonomous drones in combat and are rapidly racing toward fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
They could then compare those results with lunar rocks returned to Earth from different locations by astronaut missions and unmanned spacecraft.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
An Erik Prince-backed defense technology firm scooped up a Ukrainian maker of unmanned ground vehicles in a tie-up worth $224 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Zelensky and his wife Olena were on the jet at Chisinau, Moldova's capital, ahead of Wednesday's funeral of Norway's King Harald V when the unmanned aircraft crossed over the Moldovan border.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
It was an unmanned probe that would be in Earth orbit less than two days.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
His final unmanning, complete with broken nose, is served up at Carly’s office by the now-empowered female trio.
From Time ● Apr. 24, 2014
In his new movie, Langella finds excellent employment for that unmanning stare.
From Time ● Aug. 16, 2012
As if sculpted from the earth, Tabor's voice resonates with ancient calm, both consoling and unmanning its listener.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2011
A new neighbor, Tim Valentine, confesses to another sort of problem: an initial enthusiasm followed immediately by unmanning apathy.
From Time Magazine Archive
At this moment that unmanning thunder cloud, the aegis, Athena’s shield, took form aloft in the great hall.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
