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.

A flight from Belfast to Egypt was cancelled on Saturday due to a "group of customers behaving disruptively onboard", EasyJet has said.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

"By turning these hidden states on and off at will and controlling them with nanoscale resolution, we open exciting opportunities to disruptively advance next-generation optical and quantum technologies, including for sensing and computing."

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

Sometimes, the commentators are forced to leave meetings when they act disruptively, such as shouting from the audience or speaking beyond the time limit — but the ban doesn’t extend to future meetings.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

The drop is why schools are disruptively scrambling to merge classrooms, after some of them ended up with as few as 11 students, The Seattle Times reported last week.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023

Does the quality of the charge?—that is to say, is the positive or the negative more prone to break disruptively through the insulating medium?

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various