disconcerting
Example Sentences
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For France's mainstream left, it is all deeply disconcerting.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
Before Rome, Filippino’s painting was a refined extension of the Florentine tradition from which he emerged, whereas after, it became a stranger, more disconcerting mix of the ancient Roman world and the modern one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
Interviewed on the podcast Top Traders Unplugged, White sketched out the problems facing advanced economies at present and delivered a disconcerting warning of the systemic failure he thinks may be in the offing.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
Technically, the picture remains disconcerting for CarMax, with shares below downward-sloping moving-day averages.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
These chaotic, tormented scenes were a thousand times more disconcerting than the scandalous mummies she had expected to find.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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