disarrange
verb (used with object)
to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
disarranging
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present participleof disarrange.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The monkey, disarranging her palm-oiled coiffure, is soon to go to the States.
From Time Magazine Archive
She hops onto the bed beside me, disarranging my small pile of threadbare stuffed animals—a koala, a snake, a black cat—all beloved of my seven-year-old self.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
I'm sorry," he said slowly, looking down at the manuscript she had just delivered, and abstractedly disarranging it with thin, long fingers—"awfully sorry about the way things have turned out.
From Joan Thursday by Louis Joseph Vance
If anything living would bring Mr. Paget out it was the idea of anyone entering, or disarranging matters in his office.
From A Life For a Love A Novel by L. T. Meade
I have seen her walk along the edge of every shelf on the dresser, without disarranging a single plate.
From Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain by Julia Charlotte Maitland
