Example Sentences

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District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald said that “such a threat disturbingly mirrors” the testimony of Jose Antonio Perez-Funez, a plaintiff in a 1980s class-action lawsuit challenging the tactics of immigration officers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

On the assumption that the newsletters will continue their winning ways, this means the sector relative-strength ranking later this year could be disturbingly similar to other bull-market endings.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

The dystopian workplace in “WALL-E” now seems disturbingly prescient.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Recruiting volunteers remains a challenge, despite disturbingly frequent “emergency blood drives” and incentives like gift cards.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

He began again, in his disturbingly fluid fashion, to quarrel about the brooch.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin