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perturb

[per-turb] / pərˈtɜrb /


Example Sentences

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“I am somewhat perturbed. Are we not friends? Why did you not simply ask me to join you at the river?”

From Literature

Some possible treatments have looked to block the origin of the itch to relieve the sensation, Gualdani said, “but it seems if we perturb this pathway, we also perturb eventual itch relief.”

From The Wall Street Journal

So my advice to people during these times is just do your job and show they were wrong and act like you’re unperturbed by it even though you are perturbed by it.

From The Wall Street Journal

He talked in friendly terms about the western allies that had been most perturbed by his social media posts.

From BBC

That people are so susceptible to what they read, watch and listen to online is perturbing enough as it is.

From Salon