Example Sentences

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Navajo police chief Noon said the investigator’s comments were disturbing.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2023

Melanie Mendoza Gasca, 20, a Cal State L.A. student majoring in English, said The Times’ findings on misconduct investigations were disturbing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

Mossos d'Esquadra - the Catalan Police - said there were "disturbing" issues with "no logical explanation".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023

When we analyzed and cross-referenced a nationally representative panel study of 11,820 U.S. adults age 60 and older using this new metric, the results were disturbing.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2023

The kestrels were disturbing, but Hazel had been right when he guessed that a healthy, full-grown rabbit was too large a quarry for them.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams