discombobulation

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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 discombobulation at Warner Bros. started in 2016.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2022

“Total Restraint” faces that uneasy sense of disconnection and discombobulation head on, as the band’s four members sync their energies to focus on one point of attack, or dissociate to make a broader one.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2021

Knausgaard gradually induces in the reader the same kind of discombobulation by having different plot lines run at different rates.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2021