Example Sentences

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He said it would be "completely disorientating" and someone could stumble and fall with water "continually coming over you".

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Full of cinematic strings and disorientating key changes, it sits alongside No Body, No Crime, Bad Blood and Vigilante S*** in Swift's expanding catalogue of revenge anthems.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

Neighbours made their way onto the street, disorientating the dogs long enough for Ms McCanney to grab Chica.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2025

Another chronicler of these confusing times, documentary director Adam Curtis, helped to provide the suitably disorientating visuals for third single, God Turn Me Into a Flower.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2023

Then came Russia's financial meltdown in August 1998, followed by Putin's disorientating ascendance.

From Russian Roulette: Russia's Economy in Putin's Era by Vaknin, Samuel