unsettle

He specifically says he won’t unsettle the financial markets that rely on having an independent Fed.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

His returns were often unorthodox and he was fond of a lobbed service return to unsettle opponents.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

The artworks are as likely to unsettle as they are to move.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 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

Oh, but it did unsettle the matrons of Bethlehem to see the poor thing boosted into a class ahead of their own children, there to become dazzling slick-quick at mathematics.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

The Barcelona forward's excellent ball control and dribbling skills clearly unsettles defences and pulled the Austrian defenders towards him to create more space for Oyarzabal.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The grand old man of Victorian letters was once a young romantic whose grief-soaked verse still dazzles and unsettles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

“It roils the markets,” he said, adding that it unsettles both investors and the legal framework surrounding the Fed.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

What unsettles me is how eagerly people rush to perform the worst versions of themselves when given permission.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

Her smug expression convinces me to keep on walking out of the room and unleashes a barrage of worry that unsettles my stomach.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Only afterwards did friends tell his father how deeply the examination scandal had unsettled him.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Next week, the forecast looks more unsettled, with more of a chance of rain, though it is likely to be northwestern parts of the UK which are the wettest.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Still, it’s clear that investors in recent months have felt unsettled.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

Bosworth, who wants Ruemmler’s position, has told people that he has been unsettled by the search process, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

I am sure it was because of all the hullabaloo the crowd was making that Marlene was becoming a little unsettled.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

It inherently asks us to consume these people and needs us to in order to make money, but sometimes consumers want to unhinge their jaws and eat these stars whole, a frightening and unsettling behavior.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Those who adore Kurosawa’s unsettling earlier films may be thrown off by his new movie’s relatively muted approach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Etching chips with DUV "is slower, lower-yield and more expensive than EUV production, but it is proving sufficient for near-frontier chips, unsettling policymakers and investors who had assumed China faced tighter constraints".

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

The Backrooms began with a single unsettling image posted anonymously online: a claustrophobic warren of tawdrily yellow, windowless rooms with aged carpets and harsh overhead fluorescent lights.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

The little nun at the end of the table is smiling at me in a most unsettling way.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz