Example Sentences

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A 2006 US embassy cable described him as the BNP's "heir apparent" who "inspires few but unnerves many".

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security’s intense push to ramp up deportations is dragging in even the dead as it unnerves immigrant households and crams court calendars.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

A feast for the curiosity-starved brain, “Invention” is the kind of revelatory work that inspires and unnerves in equal measure, a distinctly modern masterpiece that maps the rabbit hole in a way only cinema can.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

But what viewers always focus on are the moments where one candidate has a zinger of a line, or somehow unnerves their opponent, or simply seems more in control.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

The anxiety on his face unnerves me, because I always expect him to be the strongest of us.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu