unsettle
Example Sentences
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Five hundred years later, the legacy of Christopher Columbus remains unsettled.
This Idaho murder case lingers because of what it revealed about the fragility of safety, how unsettling silence can be, the complexity of justice and how my generation processes tragedy in real time.
The hive mind is one of genre fiction’s most reliably unsettling tropes, embodying our native fear of being overwhelmed by a force organized around a singular purpose.
From Salon
The soaring melodies are a reassuring sign that all is well in the environment meaning the absence of birdsong can feel unsettling - even if we don't consciously realise why.
From BBC
While the past can prove unsettling and the present uncomfortable, the future seems to free the mind from reality’s restraints and let the imagination soar.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
