Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Today many of us are as likely to be disorientated by his fondness for folklore and myth, his assumptions about religion and social order, and his immersion in the conventions of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Another suggestion is that it became disorientated in shallower water and then was attacked by another animal.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Asked what happened when Sarm disappeared, David Cattie said Mr Bane believed Sarm perhaps hit her head and fell overboard, or had become disorientated while swimming, lost her way and drowned.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

They were also given kaleidoscope goggles to simulate how it might feel to be spiked and disorientated.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

I tried waking up the girls, but they were dazed and disorientated and wanted only to be left alone, to linger in bed a little longer.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall