perturbing

Example Sentences

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“Undertone” pulls off this same trick nicely, with pockets of the mysterious audio files sounding genuinely perturbing, causing the audience to expect more scares as Evy and Justin work through all 10 of them.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

“It’s perturbing and upsetting,” said Mark Bookbinder, a 68-year-old engineer who lives in Cincinnati.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

We now show that perturbing the water layer around the protein, even very slightly, has dramatic effects on collagen assembly.'

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024

This is because the smoke has disrupted this dynamic growth pattern, as opposed to just perturbing a more stable system like an adult.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2023

Like the photograph of the spider-dancer, Mrs. Richardson found this perturbing but strangely compelling.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng