How to Use unnerve in a Sentence

unnerve

verb
Definition of unnervenext
Synonyms for unnervenext
  • Seeing the police in there unnerved me.
  • She was unnerved by his strange manner.
  • But the way the Warriors looked in this 1-3 start is unnerving, to say the least.
    — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • A spate of bombings has unnerved Thailand in the years since the coup.
    — Kaweewit Kaewjinda, The Seattle Times, 22 May 2017
  • There are problems in the world that Trump doesn't want to unnerve you about.
    — Windsor Mann, TheWeek, 27 Feb. 2020
  • That would be wrong, and would unnerve the current dog.
    — Star Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
  • There’s a scene that unnerves me from the AMC show Humans.
    — John C. Havens, Quartz, 10 July 2019
  • Why have the markets held up when the prospect of a trade war unnerves many on Wall Street?
    — Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 June 2018
  • The bunt — or Sabathia’s poor throw, which pulled Bird off first base — seemed to unnerve Sabathia.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017
  • For one, Trump’s praise for Putin in the past has unnerved Europe.
    — Tracy Wilkinson, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • Why have markets held up when the prospect of a trade war unnerves many on Wall Street?
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2018
  • Over the years, some Bay Area teachers have been unnerved by the program.
    — Karen De Sa, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2018
  • The soundtrack's foreboding and the stares very sullen, which is all to say, you will be unnerved.
    — Jill Krasny, Esquire, 14 May 2015
  • The result is unnerving both for the experts and the public.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
  • The challenge of trying to impress thrilled and unnerved me.
    — Ali Elkin, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • But its demands can also cow and daunt and unnerve them.
    — New York Times, 23 May 2021
  • If Stanford has a lot of room for improvement, that should unnerve the other teams in the Pac-12 and across the country.
    — Steve Kroner, SFChronicle.com, 7 Jan. 2021
  • The drink was nice and smooth, but there’s something deeply unnerving about a cocktail that tastes like a hot dog.
    — Drew Magary, GQ, 27 May 2018
  • There’s no shortage of risks that could unnerve markets in the coming months.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 18 June 2024
  • There was never a doubt in my mind—still isn’t—and in some ways this certainty unnerved me.
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Tim, who massages the scar twice a day, for two minutes at a time, still feels unnerved by the sight and feel of his daughter’s tiny chest.
    — Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Slumps fail to unnerve Cronenworth, the Padres learned first-hand a season ago.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The mass shooting was just the latest to unnerve Americans in 2022.
    — CBS News, 17 July 2022
  • League One Rochdale settled very quickly and appeared unnerved by the big stage, looking bright on the counter.
    — SI.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • But even so, the younger man's resemblance to her husband (played by Claflin in a brief, wordless scene) unnerves Rachel.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2017
  • And a truck can be perfectly safe even when close enough to unnerve a bicyclist.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Somehow, perhaps unnerved by the clanks and clunks, Fanucci had escaped his crate, pulled down the window and leapt out.
    — Ben Walker, The Seattle Times, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Her normally placid town has been unnerved by the government’s push to weaken the courts.
    — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Those unnerving ‘Dark Brandon’ campaign signs—the ones with fiery, X-ray vision eyes on a big Biden head—were gone.
    — Michael Cieply, Deadline, 27 July 2024
  • From now on, all countries, everywhere, must hedge their bets about the United States—something that will unnerve allies more than adversaries.
    — Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2021

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