“It's been a week and he still regards me with that disconcertingly haunted stare.”

“Reading his book over a century later, in an age that has sentimentalised illness and therapy, his remarks sound disconcertingly moderate.”

“My sense of smell suddenly and disconcertingly became acute during the early stages of my second pregnancy and hasn't diminished since.”

“In Galle, England finished with the last pair at the crease and the umpire Srinivas Venkataraghavan blinking disconcertedly into his light meter.”

“It chanced so with me,' said Bradley, looking disconcertedly about him.”