discombobulation

Example Sentences

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The stories emerging from the region suggest that he was not alone in his discombobulation.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Most of its featured romantic betrayals and fistfights were real, revved into the red by producers taking advantage of their subject’s emotional discombobulation.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

The campaigns had no shortage of metaphors for the discombobulation, even before Day 3, when the three-ring circus became a two-ringer.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

But the journey isn’t just loud to soft — it’s discombobulation to clarity.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2022

You might also be reminded, as I was, of the temporal discombobulation induced by the pandemic, the sense of time and existence being turned on their heads.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2022