The disquietingly close sounds of gunfire. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : disquieting news. From Dictionary.com.
It is precisely the disquietingly familiar that freaks you out. From Wordnik.com. [Reading Dangerously « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
It stayed with me, disquietingly, for a long time after he had left. From Wordnik.com. [Shrink Dreams] Reference
A Style in Treason his disquietingly percolating brains under control. From Wordnik.com. [Anywhen]
She rose and came close to him, her disquietingly long hands fastened fiercely into his cloak. From Wordnik.com. [Wings in the Night]
It was hard to breathe, and there was something strangely, disquietingly familiar about the scent. From Wordnik.com. [Werehunter]
His extraordinary black eyes peered out from beneath his level brows in a disquietingly observant manner. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
They sounded disquietingly like signals of some sort; but after a while the knocking died away and was not heard again. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
He loved her with slimmer and slimmer hope of her reciprocation, which was disquietingly unlike the way she loved the hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Fourth Hand]
It can spring up almost overnight and then become incorporated into a culture, where it plays a disquietingly dominant role. From Wordnik.com. [The God Delusion]
Thunder rumbled disquietingly off to the east, The wind was rising over the Glades with a violent rustle of grass and leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Diane of the Green Van] Reference
How any one could contrive to make the man fall ill and die is, to the man's relations, thoroughly and disquietingly mysterious. From Wordnik.com. [Recent Developments in European Thought] Reference
Something flashed through the disquietingly familiar eyes-why were they so familiar, when his son's had been much bluer and sprightlier?. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
The slightly purplish, cyanotic tinge of his skin had given way to a clear pallor; the skin was itself disquietingly cold, the blood-pressure only slightly subnormal. From Wordnik.com. [The Metal Monster] Reference
The words sang deliciously, disquietingly in her ears. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomplete Amorist] Reference
Moreover, the circumstances were disquietingly mysterious. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories] Reference
Grief mounted into the brain and worked there disquietingly. From Wordnik.com. [Howards End] Reference
The stick-kettles throbbed faster and ever more disquietingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest] Reference
It's the story of a politician who is disquietingly fascinating (like you). From Wordnik.com. [Dear Enemy] Reference
In particularly good news, the marvelous, disquietingly still Ozarks-based drama. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
But it is on domestic policy that Mr McCain has tacked to the right more disquietingly. From Wordnik.com. [the __earthinc] Reference
It occurred to Sylvia disquietingly that her mother's expression was a little like Judith's. From Wordnik.com. [The Bent Twig] Reference
"... truly captured my imagination ... both amusingly absurd and disquietingly plausible." —. From Wordnik.com. [When Reviews Collide!] Reference
Certain incidents that had appeared trivial at the time of their occurrence stood forth disquietingly now. From Wordnik.com. [A Hoosier Chronicle] Reference
Russia in the Far East gave to Kaiser William a disquietingly easy victory in the affairs of the Near East. From Wordnik.com. [The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.)] Reference
For this man of heroic mold who rode beside her was disquietingly captivating in the bold recklessness of his youth. From Wordnik.com. ['Firebrand' Trevison] Reference
The visual qualities include impressionistic soft-focus colors, expressionistic lighting, and disquietingly huge close-ups. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Here was a maid of the big city showing an interest disquietingly acute -- her glowing eyes and parted lips revealed her emotions. From Wordnik.com. [Joan of Arc of the North Woods] Reference
It turns out that those charged with the religious education of Muslim children have a disquietingly high incidence of radical thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Gates of Vienna] Reference
I'm feeling disquietingly optimistic this evening so that’s absolutely not what I’m looking forward to. From Wordnik.com. [Now, hop on your motor scooter, go to the beach, and dance.] Reference
It was a disquietingly cheerful sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Edge of the Sword] Reference
The pace was disquietingly undemanding. From Wordnik.com. [Be My Enemy]
"Featuring a virtuoso, disquietingly fey performance by. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
This photo was entirely different, and yet something about the scenario felt disquietingly familiar. ". From Wordnik.com. [Paste Magazine] Reference
He's disquietingly prolific. From Wordnik.com. [The L Magazine - New York City's Local Event and Arts & Culture Guide] Reference
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