disconcert

Example Sentences

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They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2019

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

For a while it looked as if the greater variety would disconcert the home defenders, who are so ferociously direct with their advance that they can be thrown by a change of direction.

From The Guardian • Jun. 9, 2012

He didn’t like it, so he thought he’d disconcert her.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman