How To Use Unnerved In A Sentence

  • But despite the stellar profits, investors are increasingly unnerved. Times, Sunday Times
  • 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
  • But any form of preparation of food unnerved her and her knitting was littered with dropped stitches. Times, Sunday Times
  • When I saw the article in the Scene, the title unnerved me, "Manburner. TCASK on the road (to abolition)
  • 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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  • The smell of the haar, and the swiftness of its arrival, had unnerved him. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
  • It never unnerved me, the natural blueness of his irises, so like the color of the water off the shoals of Bahamas.
  • But then I do, but the temporary panic has unnerved me, and I worry about where I've put the keys.
  • No.' Josephine frowned and leaned back, somewhat unnerved by Doc's pugnacity. BEHINDLINGS
  • By this time the waiter was so unnerved that he could hardly untwist the wire around the cork. ULTIMATE PRIZES
  • Her wide eyed frozen gaze unnerved him, her chilly green eyes that held no sign of life in them.
  • Meanwhile some investors have become increasingly unnerved. Times, Sunday Times
  • He was both eager to adopt the right stance and unnerved by the strangeness of it.
  • 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.
  • Somewhat unnerved , Ah Fu nevertheless kept on, " Rubbish!
  • 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
  • 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.
  • And we remain unnerved by female ambition, accomplishment and authority. Still Under Cleopatra's Spell
  • The stillness and the silence of the large man unnerved him.
  • I was also unnerved by her spiritual omnivorousness.
  • By this time the waiter was so unnerved that he could hardly untwist the wire around the cork. ULTIMATE PRIZES
  • She gazed directly at Cranmer with an expression that unnerved him. The Tudors: King Takes Queen
  • I respond becoming even more unnerved, not one bit liking the idea of her being able to read my innermost thoughts.
  • The girl's sibylline countenance unnerved viewers who, as one critic put it, were almost ‘repelled by the directness and force of the painting.’
  • His encounter with the guard dog had completely unnerved him.
  • The slowdown in sales has unnerved its investors. Times, Sunday Times
  • 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
  • It unnerved him when she looked at him with fear gleaming in her eyes.
  • Unnerved by the hyperrealism of the paintings, Coverdale turns to the ostensible source of narrative truth, Mr. Moodie.
  • I must have unnerved you, dear boy.
  • They are also unnerved by the quietness. Times, Sunday Times
  • 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
  • Sitting at the back of the truck on that side, I still felt unnerved when she looked up and met my gaze. Times, Sunday Times
  • Locals are already aware through the press there have been happenings that have unnerved people, such as carjackings.
  • 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
  • At what juncture did you feel unnerved or just plain scared? Times, Sunday Times
  • ** Steevee, Yeah, my sickness feels so close to the same today too that I'm kind of unnerved, which is no help. DC's
  • This jolt of American culture unnerved me.
  • A tight, constricting pain was setting on her heart, and it unnerved her more than anything, because she knew what it was.
  • Am I right in feeling slightly unnerved by this situation? Times, Sunday Times
  • 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
  • But any form of preparation of food unnerved her and her knitting was littered with dropped stitches. Times, Sunday Times
  • Nevertheless Owen, having hit a post in the previous game and again unnerved Argentina with his speed, was a disappointment while Heskey bumbled around.
  • She loved his kindness and his silliness, though she was a little unnerved by his desire to get into scuffles.
  • Your question seems to have unnerved the speaker; he's been floundering about ever since you spoke.
  • His encounter with the guard dog had completely unnerved him.
  • Iranaputra didn't know about the others, but he personally found the notion that the gargantuan Drex warship could be "unnerved" highly disturbing. Codgerspace
  • I was cursing like a sailor and so unnerved my husband that he left the room.
  • the steeplejack, exhausted and unnerved, couldn't hold on to his dangerous perch much longer
  • Unhappy and unnerved she hears the scratching, growling and barking of battle going on outside.
  • Of course, there is uncertainty, people feel unnerved. Times, Sunday Times
  • 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.
  • No wonder a word unnerved me; but I could not tell Mr. Hamilton this. Uncle Max
  • The loud, resounding sound unnerved the monkeys and they bolted from the scene.
  • Investors were unnerved yesterday by disappointing interim results from Polar Capital. Times, Sunday Times
  • Though Zuckerberg had stayed coolheaded during the News Feed crisis, the young CEO was now unnerved. The Facebook Effect
  • Somewhat unnerved , Ah Fu nevertheless kept on, " Rubbish!
  • 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
  • Molly's husband is becoming unnerved by the possibility of fatherhood.
  • His encounter with the guard dog had completely unnerved him.
  • I was feeling so unnerved, and uncomfortable by now, the small hairs on my arms and legs stood on end.
  • I was so used to seeing his face all friendly and full of humor, but now, his intense gaze unnerved me.
  • 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
  • The slowdown in sales has unnerved its investors. Times, Sunday Times
  • 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
  • Perhaps the pachydermic Beef's grim attitude unnerved the wonderful Bob T. Haviland Hicks Senior
  • She was also intense and her actual presence unnerved me a little. Times, Sunday Times
  • 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
  • He was both eager to adopt the right stance and unnerved by the strangeness of it.
  • It unnerved me momentarily, but when I became aware of her attention returning to her work I cast my gaze back towards her.
  • I lie down on the bed feeling a little unnerved. Times, Sunday Times
  • It unnerved me to hear that I had lost that much track of time and felt nothing from it.
  • His encounter with the guard dog had completely unnerved him.
  • But investors were unnerved by a steeper than expected rise in a key measure of inflation. Times, Sunday Times
  • The mounting antagonism between the two Koreas unnerved investors, worried the confrontation could erupt into conflict.

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