disruptive

Example Sentences

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That’s why during my reading last week, it was more peculiar than disruptive when a dancer hopped on a table to lay at a 90-degree angle and jet her feet in the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Official viewing events typically hand out covers to turn lights a less disruptive red.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“With key exemptions largely preserved, this does not look especially disruptive and is unlikely to materially change economic forecasts — it mostly confirms what markets and businesses were already expecting.”

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Although the X-59 was designed to minimize the disruptive sonic boom typically associated with supersonic aircraft, these initial supersonic flights are not intended to demonstrate that capability.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

“It’s hard to say when. But the dizzy spells became disruptive to my work about twenty-nine winters ago.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young