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  • verb Present participle of unnerve.

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  • adjective inspiring fear

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Examples

  • The ground continued to heave in unnerving spasms.

    Fury Jungle | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • What makes Conficker so unnerving is that at least once a day, each infected machine tries to connect sequentially with a list of 250 Internet domains for further instructions.

    Conficker worm infects more than a million PCs 2009

  • The most unnerving is when we are brushing our teeth in the bathroom and we turn around - to spot a man, on the hill maybe 100 meters away — just standing with his hands behind his back … observing … us in our bathroom … brushing our teeth.

    We're back! 2007

  • The most unnerving is when we are brushing our teeth in the bathroom and we turn around - to spot a man, on the hill maybe 100 meters away — just standing with his hands behind his back … observing … us in our bathroom … brushing our teeth.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • What's unnerving is that Murdoch may be right to suspect, as he undoubtedly does, that these contradictions don't matter.

    The Murdoch Touch 2005

  • What's unnerving is that Murdoch may be right to suspect, as he undoubtedly does, that these contradictions don't matter.

    The Murdoch Touch 2005

  • Particularly unnerving is that Bush has now picked up the administration "blame game" talking points, i.e., let's not talk now about what went wrong and who's to blame, we have people to save.

    09/12/2005 2005

  • Far more unnerving is the mere suspicion of fear or even of anxiety in the human mass around you.

    Jackanapes 1879

  • What I find slightly unnerving is the curious determination of the contemporary left to attribute political differences to some other factor – to genetic predisposition, to mental illness (“homophobia”, “Islamophobia” et al) or, when all else fails, criminality (it’s not enough for Bush to have a different view on the merits of toppling Saddam, he also has to have “lied” and committed crimes worthy of impeachment in the pursuit of said policy).

    Stromata Blog: 2007

  • What I find slightly unnerving is the curious determination of the contemporary left to attribute political differences to some other factor – to genetic predisposition, to mental illness (“homophobia”, “Islamophobia” et al) or, when all else fails, criminality (it’s not enough for Bush to have a different view on the merits of toppling Saddam, he also has to have “lied” and committed crimes worthy of impeachment in the pursuit of said policy).

    Quote of the Day 2007

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