disturbing
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- disturbingly adverb
- nondisturbing adjective
- undisturbing adjective
- undisturbingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of disturbing
Example Sentences
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Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell on Tuesday called the incident “extremely disturbing” and said concerns raised by residents and businesses were “absolutely justified.”
From Los Angeles Times
New research is raising disturbing questions about how reliable these ratings are.
From MarketWatch
At about 180 million years old, they formed during a time when animals were actively disturbing the seafloor worldwide, which normally erases delicate microbial textures.
From Science Daily
This makes Anthropic’s squabble with the Pentagon over the use of its tools even more disturbing and shortsighted.
"A few didn't want us disturbing their work. People who like being up in the mountains in the rain are sometimes not the most sociable of people," she suggested.
From BBC
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