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His smile is disarming, but his ideas are armed to the teeth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

Marsh’s honesty is disarming, and it redeems him as he offers an explanation for his shortcomings as a caregiver.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023

The humor is disarming, as her humor has always been, but not disarming enough to mask a basic fact of her identity: Before she was “Dr. Ruth,” she was a German-Jewish refugee.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2018

The candour is disarming, but it disguises the fact that the Notts - aka indie-pop newcomers Broods - are old hands at meeting the press.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2014

No such meaning can be attached to Chardin’s picture, which is disarming in its simplicity.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson