disorder
noun
lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion.
had disordered
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past perfectof disorder.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It was this perpetual travelling that had disordered her health, and made everything twice as troublesome as it need be.
From The Whirlpool by George Gissing
But a few years of life in climates alien and intemperate had disordered his nerves.
From A Christmas Garland by Sir Max Beerbohm
Not even the bullets had disordered Baxter's faculties so much as this monstrous accusation.
From Something New by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
A multitude of impressions since, had disordered these delicate and formative hours.
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Will Levington Comfort
If Mervyn’s habits had disordered his health, it did not render his pursuits more desirable for his sisters.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Charlotte Mary Yonge
