How To Use Unnerve In A Sentence
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Christopher awards Meet The Fockers three stars but then unnerves us slightly by calling Dustin Hoffman ‘48 inches of vintage dance-floor groove’.
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She was also intense and her actual presence unnerved me a little.
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Somewhat unnerved , Ah Fu nevertheless kept on, " Rubbish!
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Though Zuckerberg had stayed coolheaded during the News Feed crisis, the young CEO was now unnerved.
The Facebook Effect
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Investors were unnerved yesterday by disappointing interim results from Polar Capital.
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Another thing that just unnerves me is when the head of our department watches me do something, then asks me to do it like three times REALLY SLOW.
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The loud, resounding sound unnerved the monkeys and they bolted from the scene.
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With the serious power and torque further up the rev range, driving the car at lower revs is very easy and not likely to unnerve newcomers to the marque.
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No wonder a word unnerved me; but I could not tell Mr. Hamilton this.
Uncle Max
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Although they were shortened because of the long introduction, I was still bewildered - and a little unnerved - by the fact that Mme LeFay, our directrice, had started our daily routine… on the very first day.
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But April, with its whimsical showers and surprised days of panting heat, unnerves me and awakens animal desires.
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Of course, there is uncertainty, people feel unnerved.
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Unhappy and unnerved she hears the scratching, growling and barking of battle going on outside.
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A tight, constricting pain was setting on her heart, and it unnerved her more than anything, because she knew what it was.
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Since I had that memory card fail halfway around Paris the thought of anybody relying on me for photographs unnerves me, so I've made sure they know I can't promise anything.
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He hoped to unnerve Kennedy and force him into concessions.
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I was cursing like a sailor and so unnerved my husband that he left the room.
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Iranaputra didn't know about the others, but he personally found the notion that the gargantuan Drex warship could be "unnerved" highly disturbing.
Codgerspace
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His encounter with the guard dog had completely unnerved him.
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Your question seems to have unnerved the speaker; he's been floundering about ever since you spoke.
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She loved his kindness and his silliness, though she was a little unnerved by his desire to get into scuffles.
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Nevertheless Owen, having hit a post in the previous game and again unnerved Argentina with his speed, was a disappointment while Heskey bumbled around.
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But any form of preparation of food unnerved her and her knitting was littered with dropped stitches.
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She was unnerved when Lisa called just before Passover of `61 to tell her that an article by Marc appeared in a Southern periodical.
LASTING TREASURES
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Am I right in feeling slightly unnerved by this situation?
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Nonetheless, while likening Hungary to Greece may unnerve international investors, the comparison has domestic political merits.
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the steeplejack, exhausted and unnerved, couldn't hold on to his dangerous perch much longer
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The mounting antagonism between the two Koreas unnerved investors, worried the confrontation could erupt into conflict.
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But investors were unnerved by a steeper than expected rise in a key measure of inflation.
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This is one of those things that unnerves me about all of our new police forces and homeland security services and domestic intelligence agencies.
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His encounter with the guard dog had completely unnerved him.
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Healthcare professionals should not withhold information out of concern that it will upset or unnerve a patient.
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It unnerved me to hear that I had lost that much track of time and felt nothing from it.
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I lie down on the bed feeling a little unnerved.
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It unnerved me momentarily, but when I became aware of her attention returning to her work I cast my gaze back towards her.
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He was both eager to adopt the right stance and unnerved by the strangeness of it.
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Most Americans are unnerved when Bush and his top officials insist the insurgency is in its last throes when the facts are obvious: according to the military, the insurgency was about 5,000 strong in NOvember of 2003.
06/29/2005
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What we need is not comforting distance structured through familiarity, but rather the strength to look critically and consciously at that which most unnerves us.
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Researchers have long been intrigued, and a bit unnerved, by a family of microbes known as spuma or "foamy" viruses.
A Clue To Chronic Fatigue
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A later order was given to wear a camel-like "hump" at the base of the vertebral column, which was called the "bustle" -- a contrivance calculated to unnerve the wearer, not to speak of the looker-on; yet the American woman adopted it, distorted her body, and aped the gait of the kangaroo, the form being called the
As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home
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Perhaps the pachydermic Beef's grim attitude unnerved the wonderful Bob
T. Haviland Hicks Senior
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The recent close in the industrials above the January 2000 all-time high is not significant under the Dow theory, but the move into record territory for the industrials is a positive development, as another failed attempt at new highs could have unnerved investors.
Dow Theory Split Decision
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The slowdown in sales has unnerved its investors.
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Now I'm no Luddite, but the scene did unnerve me somewhat as I wondered if people were doing speakers justice by rapidly keyboarding what they were saying and then zapping it out to the blogosphere.
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She was unnerved when Lisa called just before Passover of `61 to tell her that an article by Marc appeared in a Southern periodical.
LASTING TREASURES
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I was so used to seeing his face all friendly and full of humor, but now, his intense gaze unnerved me.
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I was feeling so unnerved, and uncomfortable by now, the small hairs on my arms and legs stood on end.
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His encounter with the guard dog had completely unnerved him.
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Hitler turned and peered closely at his aide - de - camp . Those beady eyes never failed to unnerve Puttkamer.
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Molly's husband is becoming unnerved by the possibility of fatherhood.
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One man said we were as safe as houses but it unnerves you.
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The other is elitism, a charge that clearly grates on him and unnerves his wife, who has a great deal that would be attractive in a first lady (intelligence, accomplishment, beauty) but lacks placidity, which is, actually, necessary.
While McCain Watches
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He still unnerves conservatives by helping bankroll 17 drug-reform ballot initiatives - and winning every one.
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I must have unnerved you, dear boy.
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April 28th, 2006 at 5: 32 pm katy says: thanks for that neil young story, stupid r. – have been waiting to hear about that release – surely it will be on itunes? but, in the future, a short blurb and the link would be a better idea than pasting the whole thing – it tands to unnerve some people, myself included … but this old hippy is anxious to hear neil rant again … thanks!
Think Progress » Contrary To Administration Predictions, Iraq War Contributing To High Oil Prices
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“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country .... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.”
Think Progress » VIDEO: The Extreme, Violent Rhetoric Of GOP Lawmakers
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The stillness and the silence of the large man unnerved him.
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And we remain unnerved by female ambition, accomplishment and authority.
Still Under Cleopatra's Spell
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Its tone is one of parlour room titillation blended with out and out Lynchian weirdness - a fantastically inventive and darkly funny film that unsettles and unnerves the audience.
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The dump of boots outside, the croaking of old beldames from attic to attic, the dull murmur of morning, unnerved him, and, dozing, he slumped in his chair, his brain, overladen with sound and color, working intolerably over the imagery that stacked it.
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Peeling sorry at having to get rid of such good horses, and anxious to give another blow to the mistaken theory that unnerved animals were unsafe, I obtained the consent of my commanding officer, who patronizes practical conclusions, to perform neurotomy.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot
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Somewhat unnerved , Ah Fu nevertheless kept on, " Rubbish!
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Alas - unlike Mort, he hadn't been weaned on stickball, and I was fairly sure he would be even more unnerved at the plate than in the field.
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But do not be too much of a precisian, or "you will unnerve me of my strength.
The CRATYLUS
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He was both eager to adopt the right stance and unnerved by the strangeness of it.
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Meanwhile some investors have become increasingly unnerved.
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But despite the stellar profits, investors are increasingly unnerved.
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By this time the waiter was so unnerved that he could hardly untwist the wire around the cork.
ULTIMATE PRIZES
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No.' Josephine frowned and leaned back, somewhat unnerved by Doc's pugnacity.
BEHINDLINGS
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But then I do, but the temporary panic has unnerved me, and I worry about where I've put the keys.
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To unnerve someone , often as a tactic to beat them in a game or deal.
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It never unnerved me, the natural blueness of his irises, so like the color of the water off the shoals of Bahamas.
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Plus, these harsh emotions were already starting to dissipate, and I truly didn't want to unnerve my best friend.
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The smell of the haar, and the swiftness of its arrival, had unnerved him.
HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
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After a moment's silence he said, `As far as I can tell I am still whole, neither unnerved nor asthenic.
C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS
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Not all enemies scare so easily - we tried to unnerve a nearby guard during the brief time we spent with the game by flickering a spotlight, but to no avail.
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But the reasonings don't seem based in that pesky Constitution itself, and the very idea of using foreign law as some sort of guide for American law unnerves me as much as it angers me.
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When I saw the article in the Scene, the title unnerved me, "Manburner.
TCASK on the road (to abolition)
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But any form of preparation of food unnerved her and her knitting was littered with dropped stitches.
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If the idea of repossession is leaving the homeowners among you unnerved, then at least you can see a few exhibitions this week that give abandoned buildings an admiring second glance.
Culture | guardian.co.uk
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The air increasingly reeked with their foul smells making me sick at my stomach, while their shouted threats and rantings made it hard for me to concentrate and slowly began to unnerve me.
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scramblers can often unnerve a better tennis player
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The kind of deep down stupid that depresses and unnerves me.
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Her wide eyed frozen gaze unnerved him, her chilly green eyes that held no sign of life in them.
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That way he'd scare the bejabbers out of her, and unnerve her to the point where she really WAS ready to cry.
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This jolt of American culture unnerved me.
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** Steevee, Yeah, my sickness feels so close to the same today too that I'm kind of unnerved, which is no help.
DC's
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At what juncture did you feel unnerved or just plain scared?
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Nothing unnerves me so much as Jude Bailey's uncanny ability to deliver stories ranging from oil-barons-laying-waste-to-Alaska to kittens-up-trees without so much as blinking.
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The delicious dramatic crux is that the more precarious Mary's prospects for survival become, the more unnerved Elizabeth appears.
Theater review of 'Mary Stuart' by the Washington Shakespeare Company
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Locals are already aware through the press there have been happenings that have unnerved people, such as carjackings.
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Sitting at the back of the truck on that side, I still felt unnerved when she looked up and met my gaze.
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Hometown crowds try to unnerve enemy shooters with rally towels, pompoms, clackers, rhythmic chants, balloons, and signs that say ‘BRICK.’
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She was unnerved when Lisa called just before Passover of `61 to tell her that an article by Marc appeared in a Southern periodical.
LASTING TREASURES
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He is about as unponcy as they come and while, in a cooking context, his rough-and-ready approach may unnerve the hygiene queens, it's a relief from all the aproned men with slick hairdos and oven thermometers.
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That way he'd scare the bejabbers out of her, and unnerve her to the point where she really WAS ready to cry.
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They are also unnerved by the quietness.
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I was also unnerved by her spiritual omnivorousness.
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Unnerved by the hyperrealism of the paintings, Coverdale turns to the ostensible source of narrative truth, Mr. Moodie.
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It unnerved him when she looked at him with fear gleaming in her eyes.
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Piven admits to being "unnerved" by this recent wave of blog attacks and death threats triggered by Beck's incendiary rhetoric.
Peter Dreier: Glenn Beck's Attacks on Frances Fox Piven Trigger Death Threats
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The slowdown in sales has unnerved its investors.
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Such unauthorized activity unnerves many people, especially those who seek control and regimentation, whether political or cultural.
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His encounter with the guard dog had completely unnerved him.
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The girl's sibylline countenance unnerved viewers who, as one critic put it, were almost ‘repelled by the directness and force of the painting.’
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I respond becoming even more unnerved, not one bit liking the idea of her being able to read my innermost thoughts.
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She gazed directly at Cranmer with an expression that unnerved him.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen
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By this time the waiter was so unnerved that he could hardly untwist the wire around the cork.
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