unsettle
Example Sentences
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The artworks are as likely to unsettle as they are to move.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
Martinez wants his signs to unsettle viewers who are insulated from the city’s unrest.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
The left-handed Munsey started briskly with a flurry of fours to unsettle the Italy attack in the first six overs of the powerplay.
From Barron's • Feb. 9, 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
Even bad news could unsettle the humors and cause illness.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing unsettle
Power Prefix: un-
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: un-
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