disarming
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The combination of thematic sincerity and confident visual sophistication makes for a strangely disarming, almost lyrical experience, closer to a poem than a film — a feeling amplified by the movie’s brisk length.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
In Marlaine Delargy’s translation from the Swedish, “Mount Verity” confronts these anguished contradictions with disarming frankness and calm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Gosling is typically terrific, but “Project Hail Mary” is practically tailor-made for his brand of disarming allure.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
If Costanzo’s disarming enthusiasm for the role has been significant in mainstreaming “Akhnaten,” Holiday, who is a very different presence, may be the next step.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
My brain feels frantic, but there's nothing clever or humorous or even disarming that I can think of to say.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Vocabulary lists containing disarming
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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