disturb
verb (used with object)
to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
had disturbed
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past perfectof disturb.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When Williams asked whose peace I had disturbed, Coleman said, “Mine.”
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
In an interview with The Times last week, she said the Berkeley encampment had been “largely peaceful, very well run” although some of the protest banners had disturbed her.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
He was pardoned in January of charges he had disturbed the peace by speaking to the foreign media.
From Reuters ● Jul. 24, 2020
They asked him to sign a document that said he had disturbed the social order.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2019
Something had disturbed those buzzards and I thought I knew what it was.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
