discombobulate

Never take a result for granted at the Crucible; high stakes can discombobulate the very best.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

Tariffs may slow economic growth, discombobulate markets and boost inflation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026

The overall aim, León and Pascual concurred, will be to discombobulate internal and external enemies.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2023

Alfred Hollander, for instance, is so desperate for authenticity that he randomly screams just to discombobulate passing strangers for a moment.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2022

Oh, Canada, dear Canada, we shall not discombobulate Ourselves concerning JONATHAN.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 by Various

Little Island discombobulates many of the ways in which the body physically adapts itself to the pulse of the city.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021

It further discombobulates the critical mind by resembling neither jazz nor classical music.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019

Jevon Carter, West Virginia: The Mountaineers get a lot of attention for their “Press Virginia” scheme that discombobulates opponents, but it helps to have a relentless and skilled presence leading the way at both ends.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2017

Exposure to light, especially to the blue light of digital devices, discombobulates the clockwork.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2016

Walther’s improvisatory sounding song discombobulates the masters, who don’t know what to make of it.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2014

Bryan’s character is a big part of the movie’s appeal; he’s a scruffy, discombobulated everyman who figures out solutions on the fly, not a boringly cool and composed slaying machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

My relationship with self-care is already so discombobulated.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Moving sharply, Djokovic used his superior tennis IQ to carefully construct points in a way which Alcaraz could not compute - similar to how he discombobulated the Spaniard in last year's quarter-finals.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

Eldon suggested I call Natalie Langan, owner of Trailhead Hounds, because her clients include displaced Altadenans and their discombobulated dogs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2025

Perhaps she was still discombobulated from the fall, but Penelope had a nagging sense that Judge Quinzy’s tale did not quite add up.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

For many in the industry, Liniger’s stature as a woman CEO was as radical and discombobulating as Remax’s business model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

At times, it’s a discombobulating experience, and the film would surely benefit from giving its ideas more space to breathe.

From Salon ● May 22, 2026

"It was very discombobulating because they just carried on with their shift," said Greenwood.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024

Ruscha’s Hollywood signs are emblematic of the discombobulating ways in which his art works.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2024

To escape a stagnating and a somewhat discombobulating loss of herself, she grabbed her sketchbook and drew the exact likeness of her child with little time and effort.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills