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synonyms for disturb
- agitate
- alarm
- amaze
- annoy
- arouse
- astound
- complicate
- confuse
- depress
- dishearten
- disrupt
- distract
- excite
- frighten
- gall
- interrupt
- irk
- irritate
- outrage
- perplex
- perturb
- plague
- provoke
- puzzle
- rattle
- shake
- startle
- trouble
- unnerve
- unsettle
- vex
- worry
- afflict
- ail
- badger
- confound
- discompose
- distress
- fluster
- grieve
- harass
- interfere
- intrude
- molest
- muddle
- pain
- pester
- pique
- rouse
- ruffle
- tire
- unhinge
- burn up
- make uneasy
- shake up
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How to use disturb in a sentence
At some point, it got disturbed and fell inward toward the sun.
These Images Expose the Dark Side of the Solar System - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Corey S. Powell | August 26, 2020 | NautilusPTIs can conduct light waves on their surface and edges rather than having them run through the material, and allow light to be redirected around corners without disturbing its flow.
6G Will Be 100 Times Faster Than 5G—and Now There’s a Chip for It | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | August 21, 2020 | Singularity HubThe onset of the pandemic, however, has disturbed this uneasy balance.
Inside China’s unexpected quest to protect data privacy | Tate Ryan-Mosley | August 19, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Major publications such as The New York Times and rights groups like Amnesty International echoed her disturbing eye-witness account.
Most of the 352 pits and other intentionally disturbed areas in La Mina contain remnants of ochre deposits, the researchers say.
Underwater caves once hosted the Americas’ oldest known ochre mines | Bruce Bower | July 3, 2020 | Science NewsThey knew they might see things that will disturb them, but could not deter them from their duty.
Any Outrage Out There for Ramos and Liu, Protesters? | Mike Barnicle | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI disturb their efforts to get their children and the few clothes they have with them clean using hoses and battered buckets.
Turkish President Kisses Off Kurds Under Siege By ISIS | Jamie Dettmer | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnderstanding that isolation is the one thing that would absolutely disturb me.
Inside Orange Is the New Black’s Terrifying Showdown Between Red and Vee | Kevin Fallon | June 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe is carrying the briefcase as he enters the room, so still even in walking that he does not disturb the air around him.
The Stacks: The True Greatness of Muhammad Ali | Peter Richmond | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe house is eerily pristine and immaculately preserved; your visit is the only thing threatening to disturb it.
As small letters weary the eye most, so also the smallest affairs disturb us most.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. BallouIt was like a dream of beauty suspended in the air before you—floating there—and you didn't want to disturb it.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayIt was lying sound asleep on a mud-bank, not dreaming, doubtless, of the daring bipeds who were about to disturb its repose.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneDuring the first few years of my service on the County Down little occurred to disturb the even tenor of my way.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe flounces were so full and fluffy that he held his knees back nervously lest he should disturb a puff.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
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