unsettle

Example Sentences

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Certainly, for residents who feel the frequent small earthquakes, “it’s really unsettling ... you don’t know when it’s going to end,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Critics described the display as macabre and unsettling, arguing it crossed a line by transforming an assassination into a spectacle.

From Salon

That can be incredibly unsettling, especially to do-it-yourselfers used to handling finances competently on their own.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Salon

Inevitably all this has unsettled France, for whom Togo was once regarded as among the most devoted of allies.

From BBC