disquieting

Example Sentences

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It was those influencers I found most disquieting during my time in Tucson.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

A seemingly endless flurry of disquieting geopolitical headlines continues to sap investors’ risk appetite.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Why it’s vital: Unsettling but gorgeously realized, the series introduces a disquieting dread that encapsulates the fear of being closeted in a small community while acknowledging the bittersweet yearning that comes with an awakening youth.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025

Great artists major in defiance and minor in delusion: You will want to see what I have to offer, and love it, even if it is unfamiliar, disquieting and as ravishingly uncommercial as “Architecton.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

In the future we may well be able to assemble nucleotides in any desired sequence, to produce whatever characteristics we think desirable—a sobering and disquieting prospect.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan