deranging
- present participle of derange.
Example Sentences
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So much so, in fact, that John Wherry, director of the Penn Medicine Immune Health Institute, summed it up this way to Kaiser Health News: “COVID is deranging the immune system.”
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2023
His relationship with painting was akin to that of a besotted lover with a domineering partner: The pleasure is deranging, but the cost to one’s equanimity steep.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022
Because he’s never put himself out there like this, and it’s deranging him because he’s a highly emotional person.
From The Verge • Apr. 15, 2022
"Covid is deranging the immune system," said John Wherry, director of the Penn Medicine Immune Health Institute and another co-author of the January study.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2021
Carlyle was morbidly sensitive by nature, he suffered horribly from dyspepsia, and intense literary labor, still further deranging his nerves, made him terribly irritable.
From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)
