unman
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There’s fear, but not the kind of terror that might unman me, might tempt me to hop the fence and run for home.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2015
The same impulse to unman a social or cultural threat gambols across Groucho’s exchanges with Eliot.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 25, 2014
But the very process that allows it to make these corrections—its palindromes—can also unman it.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2012
But the prestige of Victoria grew and grew, nor were her prerogatives trifling: she could disband the army, unman the navy, set free all prisoners, make every British citizen a peer.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Does the thought of facing the Stark boy unman you, Tyrion? Your brother Jaime would be eager to come to grips with him."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
"Wind. Trees rustling. A wolf. Which sound is it that unmans you so, Gared?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
At some future time I will tell you the reason why you see me what I am; but I cannot now—the very thought of it unmans me.”
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Alexander Leighton
Gentlemen of the Suffolk Bar:—The kindness of this reception almost unmans me, and it shakes me the more when taken with a kind of seriousness which the moment has for me.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett) Reed
But this is boasting, and what is worse, it unmans me—let us return to my departure from Rochelle.
From A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue
The remembrance of that misfortune almost unmans me, and fills my eyes with tears.
From Narrative of Mr. John Dodge during his Captivity at Detroit by Clarence Monroe Burton
At the time, it said it had repurposed a building in order to produce the unmanned aircraft as part of a £200m investment.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Latvia’s military said the incursion of the unmanned aerial vehicle was caused by Russian electronic warfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
"We are significantly strengthening our ability to respond to hostile drones," German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said at the opening of the centre, which will focus on detecting and identifying unmanned aerial vehicles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Japan also has experience in bringing back samples from space, including JAXA's unmanned Hayabusa-2 which returned 5.4 grams of rock and dust collected from an asteroid several hundred million kilometres from Earth in 2020.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The pictures in his mind almost unmanned him.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
His final unmanning, complete with broken nose, is served up at Carly’s office by the now-empowered female trio.
From Time ● Apr. 24, 2014
In his new movie, Langella finds excellent employment for that unmanning stare.
From Time ● Aug. 16, 2012
As if sculpted from the earth, Tabor's voice resonates with ancient calm, both consoling and unmanning its listener.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2011
A new neighbor, Tim Valentine, confesses to another sort of problem: an initial enthusiasm followed immediately by unmanning apathy.
From Time Magazine Archive
At this moment that unmanning thunder cloud, the aegis, Athena’s shield, took form aloft in the great hall.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
