unsettle
Example Sentences
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Martinez wants his signs to unsettle viewers who are insulated from the city’s unrest.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Even better, he has used his beauty not to become a matinee idol but to unsettle and surprise us, portraying characters whose handsomeness is very much the point but not the whole story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked whether removing Cook could unsettle investors or even contribute to a recession.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
Perhaps England's most famous Australian tour of all, the 1932-33 Bodyline series, caused diplomatic tensions between the two countries for a short-bowling plan designed to unsettle the great Don Bradman.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
There’s too much ornate woodwork here, and the precious layerings of molding and mullion and balustrade and apse, all those thousands of genteel decisions, the studied cuts, just unsettle me.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing unsettle
Power Prefix: un-
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