Example Sentences

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Consider what Christianity, at its core, actually does: It transgresses and disrupts.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

"It threatens the safety of passengers and crew, and disrupts hard-earned holidays."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Device emits an electrical field that disrupts a sixth sense sharks possess, which detects electric fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

There’s one enjoyably oddball visual when Passenger Man disrupts a cozy projector-and-canopy movie night in the forest and suddenly the faces of Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn are on trees everywhere as mayhem ensues.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

But if a mutation disrupts the function of an enzyme, then the normal gene must specify the information to make the normal enzyme.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee