Example Sentences

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She had turned to go into the house, and the only evidence he had that it had perturbed her at all was that she said good-night to no one.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

The question that had perturbed Pierre on the Mozhaysk hill and all that day now seemed to him quite clear and completely solved.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Brenz regarded this as an evidence of the extent to which the Augustana had perturbed the opponents, leaving them utterly helpless.

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

Dennis, wondering what had perturbed him, took a step forward, then started back in a cold shiver.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert

The crude Toni experienced the same hallucination that had perturbed all the others on the boat.

From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster