disturbed

Example Sentences

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Birds, including curlews and geese also use the reservoir and there are fears that their habitat has also been disturbed.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

I have been disturbed to see how seriously many of my patients have taken the panic around microplastics and fertility to heart, as if using wooden cutting boards will negate age-related infertility, for example.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

The uneasy orchestral writing acts as a collective, disturbed subconscious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

I spent 17 years at the helm of the California Air Resources Board, and I am deeply disturbed by the potential co-opting of public input processes using forgery through automated tools.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

If we hadn’t been disturbed, I wonder what might have happened.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler