unsettlement


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un·set·tle

 (ŭn-sĕt′l)
tr.v. un·set·tled, un·set·tling, un·set·tles
1. To change from a settled condition; disrupt: Strikes unsettled the economy.
2. To make uneasy; disturb: We were unsettled by the gruesome news.

un·set′tle·ment n.
un·set′tling·ly adv.
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But in the rapid motion and confusion, and in the unsettlement of my own thoughts, I lost it again; and only knew that the time was come when all visitors were being warned to leave the ship; that my nurse was crying on a chest beside me; and that Mrs.
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The lack of closure brings feelings of unsettlement that can remain for many years.
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Instead of understanding cruelty as part of the plot of the stories, Perez focuses on the way in which the literary form produces moments of unsettlement among the readers.
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Cecchinato eventually wilted with a netted backhand in game seven to fall behind 4-3 and Djokovic's early unsettlement began to ease as he served out the first set after a 45-minute battle.
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Spratford thus remarks that the ambiance of such unsettlement "gives a voice to our fears, delivering the dark emotions of panic, chaos, destruction, aversion, and disgust," which paradoxically fabricates nauseating but "uncompromisingly intriguing" impacts at the same time (Spratford 2012, 18).