How to Use unsettling in a Sentence

unsettling

adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• With its long lines and oil-slick iridescence, the Akhal-Teke looks fae and almost unsettling.
  — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 2 Dec. 2024
• But on screen as Kang, there's an unsettling weight to his performance.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2023
• Of course, the flip side of such a bargain is likely to be unsettling at best, shockingly evil at worst.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2022
• The first flashy celebrity romance of 2022 was glamorous to some and unsettling to others.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2022
• Charlottenburg, typically a tranquil district in Berlin, was the site of the unsettling attack.
  — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025