Example Sentences

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Accounts of how the “delivery” happens vary, but all are disturbing.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2024

“There are things that have happened in ballet’s recent history that are disturbing and dark,” she said.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024

“Our study indicates that if people want to recreate and minimize their impact on wildlife, it would actually be better to go hiking on busier trails because those sites are disturbing wildlife anyway,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2022

Kleinfeld agreed that the results of the study are disturbing, but urged people not to look away.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2022

They are disturbing to look at, nightmarish, but most of them, oddly enough, are intended as lucky benignities.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas