disturb

The subject is both boring and harrowing, so why disturb the moment?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The difficulty is that adding such layers to atomically thin semiconductors can disturb the delicate interface between the materials.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

"It is defended precisely when those opinions disturb or provoke disagreement, provided that they form part of democratic debate, as is the case across all of our media outlets."

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

"The last thing I wanted to do was disturb your session."

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

The snowy owl went back to her studies, and Duane took his leave as quietly as possible so as to disturb her no further.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

“Like the anger disturbs my body so much that it makes me cry. No matter how much I tried to unplug from Carol, my body didn’t understand that I was pretending.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

"Nature has already designed the perfect pollination system. When humans interfere too much, it often disturbs that balance," he says.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

When ions move through a crystal lattice in a fluid-like way, their motion temporarily disturbs the lattice symmetry.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026

Old Hunter, an ex-police detective now working in private security, disturbs Chen’s depressive apathy with a request that he help find a man called X, a former philosophy professor who ran afoul of authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

The string disturbs the air molecules around it as it vibrates, producing sound waves in the air.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Note: the Lynch compound and all other residential locations mentioned are all private residences, and not to be disturbed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The woman was disturbed, but Moraff reportedly played it off as a joke.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026

In imagining her disturbed perceptions, the novel shows the old dog’s circumscribed world transfigured by long forgotten yearnings and powerfully altered understandings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

When an anthill is disturbed, the response comes from the colony acting together rather than from any individual ant.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026

Demi, like a true Yankee, was of an inquiring turn, wanting to know everything, and often getting much disturbed because he could not get satisfactory answers to his perpetual “What for?”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Truly disturbing are the conversations the Duffy’s have with their daughter Paloma about where she plans to go to college.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

All of which is disturbing enough, if not surprising.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

“We were able to approach the bird quietly, without disturbing it,” Kanowa said, attributing the win to the super-stealthy electric truck she was driving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Sentencing Gartshore at the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Simon Collins KC described the case as "uniquely disturbing and distressing".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

They called her name in loud whispers, not wanting to shout for fear of disturbing the snake.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques