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
Oh, Oro! this death thou ordainest, unmans the manliest.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Herman Melville
But next to him—of course with a long interval—comes the fellow who is so afraid of a responsibility that the very thought of it unmans him.
From That Boy Of Norcott's by Charles James Lever
It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one.
From Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by John Charles Van Dyke
Tears choked his utterance; but stifling his emotion, he exclaimed, "Athenians! if ye would know what it is that thus unmans a soul capable of meeting death with calmness, behold, and judge for yourselves!"
From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Lydia Maria Francis Child
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
Ratel makes unmanned ground vehicles, while Swarmer builds the artificial-intelligence software that lets aerial drones coordinate in swarms.
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
On Sunday, Tehran also claimed it struck an unmanned U.S. vessel attempting to enter the strait.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Sputnik was unmanned, which means that no astronaut rode in it.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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
