disturb
verb (used with object)
to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
has disturbed
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present perfectof disturb (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She explained that geological activity such as mountain building and continental rifting has disturbed many older rocks, making them more difficult to analyze.
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
Low-frequency noise has disturbed residents in other places in the past.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
Heizer has tried to preserve what he has disturbed.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
Nothing has disturbed me more than the article about Jim and Johnny Buss’ challenge to Jeanie Buss as controlling owner of the Lakers franchise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2017
“So you’ll have to take a boat. Crocodile Guts’s boat was pulled up on a sandbank when he died. I doubt whether anyone has disturbed it.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
