unsettle
Example Sentences
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Still, few things unsettle hikers more than the possibility of a grizzly encounter.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
The artworks are as likely to unsettle as they are to move.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Even better, he has used his beauty not to become a matinee idol but to unsettle and surprise us, portraying characters whose handsomeness is very much the point but not the whole story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
But experts warn it could unsettle international investors and hurt business sentiment.
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Oh, but it did unsettle the matrons of Bethlehem to see the poor thing boosted into a class ahead of their own children, there to become dazzling slick-quick at mathematics.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing unsettle
Power Prefix: un-
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: un-
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