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

But experts warn it could unsettle international investors and hurt business sentiment.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked whether removing Cook could unsettle investors or even contribute to a recession.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

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

There’s too much ornate woodwork here, and the precious layerings of molding and mullion and balustrade and apse, all those thousands of genteel decisions, the studied cuts, just unsettle me.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee