disturbed

Example Sentences

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Then a "rumble" disturbed the quiet, says Iryna.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

I have been disturbed to see how seriously many of my patients have taken the panic around microplastics and fertility to heart, as if using wooden cutting boards will negate age-related infertility, for example.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

Some rattlesnakes may be disturbed by a person who is 20 feet away and rattle in the hopes of getting the person to leave the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“To have this intensely coherent collection disturbed by this brazen theft is a tragedy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

I tossed the bottle in a nearby bin and took my phone off do not disturb, now that I was ready to be disturbed again.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows