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
That suspicion gradually unmans him when he comes to use his mind in the sphere of his own enlightenment.
From On Compromise by John Morley
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
It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men.
From Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age by Louis Klopsch
Today I came over here to say good-bye, expectin' to hold myself well in hand; but the first glance of your eyes unmans me.
From The Last Trail by Zane Grey
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
A new frigate programme for international naval customers or sales of minehunters and unmanned drone boats to the German military are potential options, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Anduril’s foray into unmanned surface vessels hit a bump when the company recently lost in a Navy competition for medium-size drone boats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"We are working on... end-to-end unmanned warehouse solutions," says Yanyu Liu, head of communications at Geek+.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
We had crashed into it with our Banger unmanned spacecraft and even soft-landed a Surveyor spacecraft loaded with instruments.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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
“It is something like idleness and luxury unmanning us —the strings have gone slack and out of tune.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
