How to Use unsettling in a Sentence

unsettling

adjective
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  • That is an unsettling thought for the rest of the world.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
  • To me, that’s the most unsettling part of Love Is Blind.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Hear unsettling stories from the past and learn about the ghosts that still haunt the streets.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 22 Oct. 2021
  • And so that was for me, in the years following, a part of what was unsettling to me.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The last month has been wild, and unsettling, and vexing.
    — Michael Silver, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The mass grave is an unsettling sight to someone who was brought up in the worship of books.
    — Lance Morrow, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The unsettling echo of the book’s title struck me and many others.
    — Jay Feinman, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
  • For Bill Self, the year 2025 started on a rather unsettling note.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Yes, some of the gross body-horror stuff is very unsettling, but that’s not enough to make this a good movie.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • So it’s been unsettling to find out the Avengers are Earth-bound, after all.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The change has been unsettling because the city’s broad project is widely shared.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The anecdotes that Khan presents are a mix of compelling and unsettling.
    — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
  • The emptiness of Des Moines feels as vast and unsettling as its Great Plains setting.
    — Vulture, 16 Dec. 2022
  • For his part, Reynolds wants the film to serve as a form of escapism for viewers during an unsettling and dark time in the world.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2022
  • But, that doesn’t change that the result is a little unsettling.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 12 June 2022
  • Just as unsettling, guns are now the number one cause of death among children.
    — CBS News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Soon the whole world starts to feel dangerous and unsettling.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The footage was unsettling, which only helped to extend its reach.
    — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • There were no other guests and, more unsettling, no overnight staff.
    — Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2024
  • And that’s unsettling but brilliant news for the 49ers — Wilson won the Super Bowl in his second year as a starter.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The stranger asked to see Patrick, but after he was informed that the parson was ill in bed, the encounter took an unsettling turn.
    — V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Welcome to the mildly unsettling world of Duke Smoochem.
    — Will Pritchard, Wired, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Wang is unfiltered about the unsettling facts about what drips from our home faucets.
    — Tanya Klich, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
  • For much of the populace, talk of death can be morbid, grim or unsettling.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2022
  • All of this sounds unsettling—but is there any reason to panic?
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 20 May 2022
  • Hearing about the recent news may be unsettling for you.
    — Elizabeth Narins, Health.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • This question gets to the very heart of the challenge for anyone trying to run a business in these unsettling times.
    — Fortune, 21 July 2022
  • But the health effects of such a program might also be unsettling.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2024
  • That question has to be one of those that is most unsettling in the back of President Putin’s mind and in the minds of his senior leaders.
    — Prashant Rao, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2022
  • That can be unsettling, but keep in mind, that adaptation is key under new leadership.
    — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025

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