unnerve

Example Sentences

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This might have unnerved some investors who remained concerned about an uncertain outlook into the end of the year, Brooks said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Critics say the strikes amount to extrajudicial killings and are unnerving U.S. allies who are increasingly wary of sharing intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal

The massacre at The Covenant School was the latest in a series of mass shootings in a country that’s grown increasingly unnerved by bloodshed in schools.

From Washington Times

Their age gap is certainly unnerving — “I don’t mind changing diapers,” he jokes to the madam — if not unique among García Márquez’s romances.

From New York Times

Mr. Lee’s death, he said, was a terrifying tragedy that deserved public attention and understandably unnerved the city, especially with no arrests.

From New York Times