- present participle of perturb.
perturbing
Example Sentences
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“It’s perturbing and upsetting,” said Mark Bookbinder, a 68-year-old engineer who lives in Cincinnati.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
It’s a perturbing relationship; I feel as though my continued shunning of organized religion has in a sense estranged me from the memory of some very important people.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2024
Changes in the spin state can be observed by shining a laser through the material to see how many defects are "on" or "off" after perturbing them.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2023
This is because the smoke has disrupted this dynamic growth pattern, as opposed to just perturbing a more stable system like an adult.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2023
We are perturbing our poor planet in serious and contradictory ways.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
