disturber
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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She turned herself into a disruptive alien, an outsider, a disturber.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2018
While the earlier film focused on whistle blower Edward Snowden, the new one is a look at another disturber of the peace, Wikileaks’ Julian Assange.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2016
Edmundson stresses that a thinking life should be focused on seeking the truth, sometimes on being a disturber of the peace.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2015
The feisty shift disturber has an undeniably charismatic presence, whether anyone likes it or not.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2011
“You’ve broken into my theater and thrown the place into a panic, that’s what you’ve done. You’re a disturber of the peace.”
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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