perturbed
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I obviously was perturbed by it, but I acted like I wasn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
He talked in friendly terms about the western allies that had been most perturbed by his social media posts.
From BBC • Jan. 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
Facing the blank page perturbed Boneta at the beginning of his first foray into long-form writing, so he asked his writer friends for advice.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025
“I’m very sorry to hear of this, Miss March,” he said, in the kind, quiet tone which sounded very pleasantly to her perturbed spirit.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing perturbed
A Wrinkle in Time
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