disorient
verb (used with object)
to cause to lose one's way.
are disorienting
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present progressiveof disorient.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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By all accounts, though, the 60 minutes of regular-season action are disorienting.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
There are moments toward the end that are disorienting before it all comes together, but “Foe” asks the viewer to take on some of the effort, which is ultimately more satisfying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
The Wilis are disorienting: part animal, part ghost, part woman.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019
If the novel’s first hundred pages are disorienting and occasionally plodding, the last hundred have a rare narrative sweep and force.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2016
It’s not just that the footage is often grainy, and that in older broadcasts the absence of modern staples like the on-screen score, time clock, and yellow first-down line are disorienting.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2016
