To the small group whose very lives depended on absolute secrecy, there could have been no more unsettling possibility than that of a traitor in their midst.

In his sudden fear he had forgotten the cheers for him in Maximum, and even the unsettling possibility that he might lose a tooth.

He'd been sworn to secrecy while the investigation went on, so he couldn't tell Katrina how much that unsettling possibility had contributed to his sleepless night.

But there was the unsettling possibility of development on a vacant parcel nearby.

But the apparent popularity of this classic investing strategy means that these investors face an unsettling possibility: that the so-called early-recovery stocks may have already recovered.

Secondly, Mill's formulation leaves open the unsettling possibility that the "gap-filling entities are purely possibilities and not actualities at all".

Finally taking the still-crying baby to a doctor, Scott faces the unsettling possibility of being charged with parental neglect.

It also raised the unsettling possibility that some future disclosure about the campaign might reveal a more serious breakdown in his White House operation.

Officers mention a third advantage when they talk about the unsettling possibility of simultaneous terrorist attacks.

This in turn raised the unsettling possibility that the administration might seek to limit the law's reach.