Example Sentences

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Concerns about a protracted conflict, potentially lasting six to eight weeks, are unnerving traders and could further raise oil prices.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Complete silences are unnerving to me on a set.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Critics say the strikes amount to extrajudicial killings and are unnerving U.S. allies who are increasingly wary of sharing intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

But the recent moves to criminalise support for it are unnerving Taiwanese who live and work in China, and those back home.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2024

The bed has a floral spread, and there are unnerving paintings of bunnies on the walls.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti