disorient
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Even after “Persona” proceeds to its story, Bergman works to disorient the viewer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Kiko always tends to disorient people somehow,” Deanna shares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The commander, known on the battlefield as Oleksandr, flips a switch to activate the jammer which interferes with the drone’s radar; it’s the equivalent of shining a bright light in someone’s eye to disorient them.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
He uses overhead shots and camera angles and plays with focus to displace or disorient viewers.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2023
Here on earth, orienting yourself depends on the feeling you get from the pull of gravity, plus your vision. just being blindfolded is enough to disorient some people.
From The Flying Saucers are Real by Donald E. (Donald Edward) Keyhoe
Some moments play out in too many close-ups, suffocating the scene; an occasional edit inadvertently disorients our sense of place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Light pollution disorients millions of migratory birds and is contributing to the population decline of pollinating insects.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
The narration further disorients us by alternating between Marissa’s third-person and Avery’s first-person perspectives.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
But the more likely problem is that social media presents a feed or timeline of content that disorients its consumers and unmoors them from reality.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 10, 2020
The beauty disorients many of the players, because when the gong sounds, most of them seem like they’re trying to wake from a dream.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
Prior to going missing Smyth had contacted rescuers from Tiganesti to say he was disoriented and physically exhausted.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Certainly, I felt a bit like Odysseus as I crept — drained, disoriented and trailing popcorn crumbs like Ithican sand — out into the sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Tolerant readers will delight in the digressive nature of this inventive book, though others may be disoriented by a story that drastically switches gears before concluding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Mary is disoriented and desperate, and the mere sight of her assures Sam that whatever favor Mary asks for, Sam can attach strings to.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Freed from the crestmares, the captain is disoriented.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
But the overall effect can be disjointed and disorienting.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
I was pretty grounded, and it was still very disorienting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
It’s also important to remember that grief is disorienting.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The effect is disorienting at first, as perception precedes interpretation and sensation outruns speech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Those first few days were strange and disorienting.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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