- present participle of disorient.
disorienting
Example Sentences
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It’s also important to remember that grief is disorienting.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
A collaged print by Liu Shiyuan presents a dizzying array of images—fruit, bees, jellyfish, shrouded figures, fabric samples—that is more disorienting than anything else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“When everyday tasks suddenly require help, or take three times as long because of language or unfamiliar systems, it can feel disorienting in a way that catches people off guard.”
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Finding solutions to math problems at an accelerating pace this way is exciting, if a bit disorienting.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
It would be a rude shock for Theo, Vincent tells him, to be on his own; it would be disorienting, like leaving a prison after years of captivity.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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