unsettling

Example Sentences

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"Some of this year's report makes for unsettling reading, but it is an especially unsettled time both for the news media sector and for the world at large," Egan wrote.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

If the backrooms are a metaphor for the internet, it’s certainly an unsettling one.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

What makes “Recession” so vivid, and so unsettling, is that Mr. Goodspeed rarely finds recessions caused by a single one of these shocks, but by a series of adverse happenings over a short period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

When one, an unsettling nine-minute experiment about a warren of dingy carpets, taffy-yellow walls and gridded drop ceilings clicked with 78 million viewers, he made sequels.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Rather than being unsettling, I found the quiet strangely comforting.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss