disorient

Electric lights can disorient them, causing turtles to head the wrong way on the beach instead of following light from the moon and stars.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

Activists have been calling on buildings to turn off bright lights, which can disorient birds.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023

She’s not afraid to disorient an audience — or to disgust them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

After a series of early missteps, Russia reportedly moved some electronic-warfare systems to the front lines in Ukraine, aiming to disorient and disable Ukrainian drones before they could reach their targets.

From Washington Times ● May 20, 2023

Here on earth, orienting yourself depends on the feeling you get from the pull of gravity, plus your vision. just being blindfolded is enough to disorient some people.

From The Flying Saucers are Real by Donald E. (Donald Edward) Keyhoe

Some moments play out in too many close-ups, suffocating the scene; an occasional edit inadvertently disorients our sense of place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

Goldin disorients the reader by deploying multiple timelines — the present, several days ago and two years earlier, when Liv told the police she was being harassed by a stalker.

From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2022

Perhaps Cin felt that the obliqueness would create tension, but it mainly disorients the reader.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021

But the more likely problem is that social media presents a feed or timeline of content that disorients its consumers and unmoors them from reality.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 10, 2020

The beauty disorients many of the players, because when the gong sounds, most of them seem like they’re trying to wake from a dream.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

The hovering putti Titian portrays seem, like Europa, disoriented by the powers of a primal world in which Zeus is like an untamed force of nature, beyond human control or understanding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Certainly, I felt a bit like Odysseus as I crept — drained, disoriented and trailing popcorn crumbs like Ithican sand — out into the sun.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

"If someone stops sweating, becomes disoriented or collapses, it can quickly become a medical emergency."

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Mary is disoriented and desperate, and the mere sight of her assures Sam that whatever favor Mary asks for, Sam can attach strings to.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

Two more hallways follow; l am so disoriented I could never find my way hack.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

The effect is disorienting at first, as perception precedes interpretation and sensation outruns speech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

But the expectations after a year-defining hit were real, if subtly disorienting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

“When everyday tasks suddenly require help, or take three times as long because of language or unfamiliar systems, it can feel disorienting in a way that catches people off guard.”

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

It’s all so thrilling, so disorienting, so terrifying.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

Those first few days were strange and disorienting.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana