disturbs
Example Sentences
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But the principality’s lingering image as a Ruritanian outpost disturbs the family as it looks out from Vaduz castle on a thriving country smoothly run by supply-side economists, bankers and industrialists.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
"Nature has already designed the perfect pollination system. When humans interfere too much, it often disturbs that balance," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
When ions move through a crystal lattice in a fluid-like way, their motion temporarily disturbs the lattice symmetry.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
“That disturbs me highly and is really kind of hard to talk about,” he said, getting choked up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half-an-hour elapsed and still I was alone.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
