unsettle

Example Sentences

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Martinez wants his signs to unsettle viewers who are insulated from the city’s unrest.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Perhaps England's most famous Australian tour of all, the 1932-33 Bodyline series, caused diplomatic tensions between the two countries for a short-bowling plan designed to unsettle the great Don Bradman.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

Doing the wrong thing or sending the wrong signal could unsettle markets, tighten financial conditions unnecessarily or allow inflation to reaccelerate.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025

This encouraged wicketkeeper Godfrey Evans to tell Len Hutton, the England captain, to instruct the quick bowlers to keep aiming for yorkers in order to unsettle Wazir.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

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