disturbing
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- disturbingly adverb
- nondisturbing adjective
- undisturbing adjective
- undisturbingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of disturbing
Example Sentences
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In a statement, the government said the "behaviour described in Operation Kenova's final report is deeply disturbing".
From BBC
After a swift trial and appeal, she was sentenced to two years in prison for “disturbing public order.”
Yet, though Travis is a fatally flawed messenger, his analysis of the state of urban America has a disturbing ring of truth.
Carol Sobel, a longtime L.A. civil rights attorney, said that images — no matter how disturbing — are generally protected by the 1st Amendment when kept on a personal phone rather than a department-issued device.
From Los Angeles Times
The fact that he’s the primary caretaker of his two young children made the comments all the more disturbing, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
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