disturbed

Example Sentences

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She thinks earlier showtimes, daytime screenings and arthouse cinemas are the least likely to be disturbed, although she adds: "I understand that not everybody has this privilege."

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Then a "rumble" disturbed the quiet, says Iryna.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 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

Shifa ignored him and went to fill up the hole they’d dug earlier, so that the turtle’s rest wouldn’t be disturbed.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook