Example Sentences

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Next morning Joe Lake returned and imparted news that was perturbing to Shefford.

From The Rainbow Trail by Grey, Zane

This was perturbing, but as the mistake was not ours, we decided not to allow ourselves to be baulked of a trip for which we had surrendered an expedition to Shisha Nag, beyond Pahlgam.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.

I felt certain that a matter less deep and lying farther from the core of being was perturbing her more, but as she chose to ignore it, I did likewise.

From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Franklin, Miles

And Sir Terence slammed the door upon the amazed servant, who realised that some unhappy mystery was perturbing the adjutant's household.

From The Snare by Sabatini, Rafael

Emotion was perturbing his sensibilities, but there yet lived in his mind Freya's last words on coming out of the jail.

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