disorient
verb (used with object)
to cause to lose one's way.
disorients
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present tense formof disorient (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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
Perhaps Cin felt that the obliqueness would create tension, but it mainly disorients the reader.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021
But the more likely problem is that social media presents a feed or timeline of content that disorients its consumers and unmoors them from reality.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 10, 2020
This soul-scarring movie unfolds as though under a trancelike spell of its own making, one that disorients as much as it hypnotizes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2020
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
