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
His returns were often unorthodox and he was fond of a lobbed service return to unsettle opponents.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 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
Angry at myself for allowing the night to unsettle me like a child, I wiped the water from my face and continued walking.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing unsettle
Power Prefix: un-
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: un-
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