unsettling
Example Sentences
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It started with a scary earthquake near Reno, then more unsettling shaking near Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
This unsettling idea is what defines the Boltzmann brain hypothesis.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
It was all inspired by her first experience of falling in love – an experience that was simultaneously thrilling and unsettling.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
The air in Springfield, Ohio carries an unsettling quality these days.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
The idiocy of this question, its unsettling logic, made Flora suddenly grateful for her father.
From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo
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