unnerving
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"It was quite unnerving, I've never heard thunder like that in my life," Dunn said.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“This is my mega-serious face,” she says with an unnerving grin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Traditionally, the weird, unnerving and phantasmagorical have not been welcome features in mainstream Hollywood animation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
That is another unnerving parallel between today and the dot-com era, but, as Sosnick pointed out, there are important differences as well.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
But the unnerving stillness in her eyes abated, at least.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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