disorients
- present tense form of disorient (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Some moments play out in too many close-ups, suffocating the scene; an occasional edit inadvertently disorients our sense of place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
No work of Lek’s, however, disorients quite like “Refuge,” a three-panel painting completed in 2023 that extends to a width of 12 feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023
Goldin disorients the reader by deploying multiple timelines — the present, several days ago and two years earlier, when Liv told the police she was being harassed by a stalker.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022
She said the quiet has been smothered by the whir of the mine and created an “ecological dead zone” that disorients wildlife.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022
The beauty disorients many of the players, because when the gong sounds, most of them seem like they’re trying to wake from a dream.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
