Example Sentences

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—And, of course, the Russian doping scandal, all perturbingly encapsulated by the image of 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva crying after her disastrous long program while her coach asked: “Why did you stop fighting?”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2022

It was there that CEO Avi Reichental addressed the press from between the telecelebrity and a ChefJet 3D printer that perturbingly rocked back and forth as it toiled away on another piece of candy.

From The Verge • Jan. 8, 2015

The fortysomething man walking his poodles down Ocean Drive in the middle of the day, for instance, wearing just Nikes and a pair of perturbingly small Speedos as orange as his skin.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2011

"You have not changed, at least," Tiburce answered; and for the first time he smiled, a little perturbingly by reason of the change in him.

From The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages by Cabell, James Branch

"You have not changed, at least," Tiburce answered, and for the first time he smiled, a little perturbingly by reason of the change in him.

From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)