Sentence examples for were disconcerted from inspiring English sources

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were disconcerted

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To upset the composure of.

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The Germans, tired of the incessant quarrels over the crown, were disconcerted by the pope's intransigence.

Investors were disconcerted Tuesday when he suggested that the Fed might raise rates sooner than expected.

Then, belatedly, people read Browne itself and were disconcerted by what they found.

But after a day or two of planes and helicopters criss-crossing the gulf, even aviation experts were disconcerted.

The Meccan horsemen were disconcerted and soon bored, and the coalition of Bedouin tribes started breaking up.

But keeping the school community together, she said, was essential to the children, many of whom were disconcerted by being uprooted for months after the storm.

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And there were disconcerting scenes in Kabul on Friday.

There were things about home that were disconcerting and troubling.

Catholic conservatives are disconcerted.

I was disconcerted.

But financial markets might be disconcerted.

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