- present participle of unsettle.
unsettling
Example Sentences
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"Everything is unsettling and I am angry at how we are treated," says Anaïs, who is now 42 years old.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The scene sets an expectation for what we can expect from the show as a whole: It’s funny, but there’s something unsettling to how it unfolds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Miller has been racking up a series of unsettling on-camera appearances in which his attempts at defending himself instead reveal a deep well of dishonesty.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Etching chips with DUV "is slower, lower-yield and more expensive than EUV production, but it is proving sufficient for near-frontier chips, unsettling policymakers and investors who had assumed China faced tighter constraints".
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
The faun seemed harmless, but Percy still found him unsettling.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
