- present participle of unnerve.
unnerving
Example Sentences
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Unnerving and wildly entertaining, “Severance” is set inside the antiseptic offices and hallways of the enigmatic Lumon Industries, where employees have had their memories surgically divided between their work and personal lives.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022
Unnerving though the video is, the police are correct that there’s nothing illegal in it.
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2014
Unnerving to world economies is the prospect of the United States defaulting on its financial obligations on Thursday if Congress fails to raise the borrowing authority above the $16.7 trillion debt limit.
From Time • Oct. 14, 2013
Unnerving experience, but luckily no more than that.
From Newsweek • Dec. 22, 2012
Unnerving computer printouts from the pharmacist began arriving: “Maximum benefit reached.”
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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