upsetting

Example Sentences

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Could my beloved Pixar, which had already anthropomorphized so many things, really make something so upsetting and perplexing, and on so many levels?

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

The well-dressed Senate aide next door, who asked me not to use his name for fear of upsetting his boss, hadn’t heard about Trump’s fascination with Florsheim.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

"That's quite upsetting for me to hear. The last phone call I made to a ward manager, she might as well have just said that to me," she said, referring to the FOH initials.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

You might find all this craziness upsetting, or inspiring, or both, but the people inside OpenAI are surprisingly optimistic about the future of mathematicians.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

I'd seen the abuse of power in many cases before, but there was something especially upsetting about it here, where not only a single defendant was being victimized but an entire community as well.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson