disturb
Example Sentences
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Cinemas do clearly ask everyone not to disturb those around them - through the use of adverts, announcements and signs - but is behaviour in getting worse?
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
The government isn’t asking the court to disturb Wong Kim Ark’s treatment of children born to lawful permanent residents—who nowadays have green cards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Qubits can be extremely sensitive to changes in their external environment that disturb their superpositioned state and introduce errors into a calculation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
In agreeing to hear the pair of cases, the justices did not disturb the lower court rulings that blocked the repeals for now.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
I close the door as gently as I can, in an effort not to disturb my brother.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
Vocabulary lists containing disturb
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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