perturbed
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Loznitsa includes multiple terse scenes of Kornev walking up endless stairs or waiting for a perturbed guard to unlock a door that will lead him to another door that also requires a key.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
So my advice to people during these times is just do your job and show they were wrong and act like you’re unperturbed by it even though you are perturbed by it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
More curiously, even though U.S. high-yield spreads are at post-1998 lows, few investors seemed to be unduly perturbed here.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 18, 2025
Dubois, who has 22 wins in 24 fights as a professional, looked perturbed that his rival had stolen the limelight and walked off shaking his head.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2025
“Walked into town the morning after with not a scratch upon him. Hardly seemed perturbed at all, considering he’d just seen all his mates go to their reward. It was the queerest thing.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing perturbed
A Wrinkle in Time
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Intermediate, List 1
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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