perturbed
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But some do remain perturbed, including another teenager in the Scottish borders, 16-year-old Ellie, who says: "I was so scared of him when I was little," Ellie confides.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
I obviously was perturbed by it, but I acted like I wasn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
More curiously, even though U.S. high-yield spreads are at post-1998 lows, few investors seemed to be unduly perturbed here.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 18, 2025
And he seemed, in the estimation of some around the team, unusually perturbed as public criticisms of his play started to mount.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025
The king cast a perturbed glance in my direction, and I realized he had forgotten his line.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Vocabulary lists containing perturbed
A Wrinkle in Time
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Intermediate, List 1
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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