DISCONCERTING in a Sentence

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Carol was discovering that the one thing that can be more disconcerting than intelligent hatred is demanding love.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISCONCERTING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
disconcerting
 a.  causing an emotional disturbance
Classic Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
1  He had a disconcerting habit of seeing through her and laughing rudely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
2  His first rush of inarticulate resentment had been followed by a steadiness and concentration of tone more disconcerting to Lily than the excitement preceding it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
3  Guy Pollock answered with disconcerting readiness, "I'll tell you: since we're going to try to do something artistic, and not simply fool around, I believe we ought to give something classic."
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  Carol was discovering that the one thing that can be more disconcerting than intelligent hatred is demanding love.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
5  Kennicott was at first uncomfortable over her disconcerting habit of buying them.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
6  And then came that disconcerting ride.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  It was a little disconcerting to me, to find, when I was being helped up behind the coach, that I was supposed to have eaten all the dinner without any assistance.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
8  The prince went up to her, and Kitty detected that disconcerting gleam of irony in his eyes.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 34
9  It was a disconcerting lift of the curtain, and the mortification of Candaules' wife glowed in her.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
10  The inquiry, though a simple one, was plainly disconcerting, and he sat down before replying.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
11  He seemed very fond of walking but he had a way of sitting or lying down for a while and then getting up in a disconcerting manner to begin again.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
12  Pierre was still afraid that this officer might inadvertently say something disconcerting to himself.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI
13  Then, that explains-- She broke off, disconcerted, expecting to see his eyes snap with malice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
14  This puzzled her, made her a little disconcerted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
15  The sight filled Lily with such surprise that she felt that Bertha, at least, must read its meaning in her look, and she was proportionately disconcerted by the blankness of the look returned.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
Example Sentence:
1  House-hunting with the new Russian elite is a disconcerting experience.
2  The reception desk is not at street level, which is a little disconcerting.
3  The whole experience had disconcerted him.
4  The young madam was disconcerted to discover that she was being watched.
5  I changed my mind and disconcerted her plan.
6  The evidence produced by her adversary does disconcert the lawyer.