disconcert
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Djokovic's on-court aura can disconcert many younger opponents and Alexander Zverev, often described as the best player of his generation to have never won a major, is one of them.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
In Twin Peaks “they tend to disconcert us because there is something ‘off’ about them.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2020
Despite a few postmodern flourishes and some teasing structural game playing, their latest offerings are unlikely to disconcert habitual watchers of “Masterpiece” television.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2017
“Not a smile. It’s not the smile that will disconcert me. Not at all. Or his eyes that will make me afraid. Because I’m not afraid of him.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2017
He didn’t like it, so he thought he’d disconcert her.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
From the moment Victor Stott is born, he disconcerts those around him.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022
That shift in focus disconcerts consumer advocates, who are in favor of better financial education, but not at the expense of oversight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2019
As he’s driving home from work, a song comes on the radio that disconcerts him and triggers a whole train of thought.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 6, 2017
What disconcerts me sometimes is what’s expected of the genre.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2014
The silence and the intimacy of the room disconcerts him.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Even Emily Blunt was publicly disconcerted, begging Hollywood agencies to “please stop taking away our human connection.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Augustine struggled with Perpetua, disconcerted by her sex, her visions and her popularity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
They are disconcerted by the prospect of apex predators roaming their territory, including on popular trails.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
He said he did not believe the audience would be disconcerted if he appeared as a newsman on television on Sundays and a pitchman on the radio during the week.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
The others, disconcerted, bit their lips at the ring in the young man’s voice.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
"They're watching us - which is probably the most disconcerting part about it," said Chris Edwards.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
If you find the concept of large groups of sinister-looking black birds that eat dead animals and garbage while pooping incessantly disconcerting, here’s the bad news: You’d better get used to it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
Not only is the narrative in this “Animal Farm” not the story you knew it to be, but its social implications could be far more disconcerting than a simple change of ideology.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
It was beyond disconcerting to hear the Iranian foreign minister on Sunday sounding like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky circa 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
He’d opened windows before to find himself above the ground of another world, so he shouldn’t have been surprised to find he was underground for a change, but it was disconcerting.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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