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
Sample unthoughts about her unman: "The noise he made when he swallowed; his smelly feet!"
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
I fear Job's grief unmans him, and he hath gone mad with Lear.
From A Hero and Some Other Folks by William A. (William Alfred) Quayle
What really unmans me is the distrust that will not even utter an allegation, and the indifference that does not want disproof.'
From Lord Kilgobbin by Charles James Lever
Today I came over here to say good-bye, expectin' to hold myself well in hand; but the first glance of your eyes unmans me.
From The Last Trail by Zane Grey
Gentlemen of the Suffolk Bar:—The kindness of this reception almost unmans me, and it shakes me the more when taken with a kind of seriousness which the moment has for me.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett) Reed
The objects include unexploded ordnance, drones and other unmanned vehicles found washed ashore or floating at sea, it said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Milrem is among Europe’s top defense-robotics companies, and CEO Kuldar Väärsi tells us “a significant quantity” of its unmanned ground vehicles operate at the front line in Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
The pace of progress has continued to be brisk: manned orbital flight; humans orbiting, then landing on the moon; and unmanned spacecraft outward bound throughout the solar system.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
“It is something like idleness and luxury unmanning us —the strings have gone slack and out of tune.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
