- present participle of disturb.
disturbing
Example Sentences
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At the time, the watchdog called the allegations exposed by Panorama "shocking and deeply disturbing".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Otero Alcantara, designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 for insulting national symbols, contempt and disturbing the public order.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
He walks over to the cat and picks him up, and in previous adaptations of this story, this might signal that a disturbing act of animal cruelty is about to happen.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
The glaring light is practically a character in “Sisters of the Midnight Sun,” Ms. Stevens’s compelling account of a disturbing murder case she worked on in the early 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
My peanut-butter-colored skin turned a disturbing purplish pink.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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