discombobulate

Did their hyper-aggressive approach discombobulate their opponents, or themselves?

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024

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

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2023

Perhaps he was trying to gain some sort of edge, to distract and discombobulate his opponent.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2022

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

“Hart states he was discombobulated and not in control of his actions but implies that Sabbag was aware of the camera’s placement. Hart suggests Sabbag knew where to position herself and Hart to be recorded.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024

There was plenty of blame to go around: a discombobulated offense that included indecisive play-calling late in the game, a running game that never got going and a defense that couldn’t get off the field.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023

The play begins when a discombobulated Trish visits Liz because she thinks someone may have broken into her home.

From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

It may end up leaving us entirely discombobulated, but so far, it's a good mess.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2023

Victor and Lorena seem equally discombobulated, but Elizabeth is on familiar ground.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

But the mere fact of the swings is discombobulating for stock pickers, and could push risk managers to cut back overall exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

This time, chart-topping albums and touring aren’t the discombobulating affair they were nearly 30 years ago, when their second album, “Dude Ranch,” went gold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025

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

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 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