Examples of unsettling in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web The fine aura of horror never abates, yet a final surprising twist makes Edward’s fate seem less purely demonic and something perhaps more unsettling—a kind of metamorphosis. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 17 June 2022 Crypto markets are notoriously volatile, but even so, the recent activity has been unsettling. — Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 19 May 2022 The meeting’s minutes have gone missing, and the councilman’s attempt to uncover them leads to increasingly unsettling hijinks and, eventually, a strangely abrupt genre switch. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 That itself can feel sad, even unsettling, given Web3’s revolutionary framing. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2022 Sopheap Chak, the executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said the timing of the new law was unsettling, given upcoming elections. — New York Times, 15 Jan. 2022 The pyro and the masks — effectively unsettling, never silly, thanks to the musicians' conviction — are Slipknot signatures. — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2021 In either case, a diagnosis of multiple myeloma can be unsettling, but know this: treatment can lessen symptoms, slow disease progression, and prolong survival while preserving quality of life, says the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). — Barbara Brody, Health.com, 17 Sep. 2021 This one felt long, in a good way, and unsettling, also in a good way, probably because of the mechanical noises and scare-jumps from behind ordinary things. — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2021 See More

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