"It's not a race; it's more like a marathon," said the lieutenant, an intense man who, while animated, seems nonetheless to possess an unnerving sense of calm and a placid stare.

The rage at Bonnie's deception was still there, but the emotion was eclipsed by an unnerving sense of worry.

An unnerving sense of familiarity struck him.

There is, for some, an unnerving sense that traditional political distinctions have blurred.

Many Blesois apparently believed that Mr. Mitterrand would do something about checking unemployment and an unnerving sense of economic decline.

Even though she had always been with Simon when he was carrying it about, she felt a peculiar unnerving sense of responsibility at the thought of what was inside.

The film, released in 1941, was ahead of its time, a dark tale whose brooding design, murky lighting, overlapping dialogue and ripped-from-true-life Hearst connection created an unnerving sense of realism.

That uneasy feeling was back in Trip's stomach--the unnerving sense that something was wrong.

Occasionally I get the unnerving sense that one or two people are paying attention to what I am saying.

Mr. Mikhailov's photographs convey an unnerving sense of penetrating skin to the bone or to despair.