Example Sentences

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Johnson, boyish and brush-cut, says: “People told us, ‘You can’t make puppets that look too real, because it will be disturbing and off-putting.’

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2015

When you're a little more grounded, it can lead you into terrible, never-speak-to-me-again arguments and, whatever else happens, it will be disturbing.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2010

That conclusion will be disturbing to those who find the concept of an infinitely expanding or "open" universe to be philosophically unsatisfactory.

From Time Magazine Archive

I wass considering that the gardens would be a good place for a night, but they are telling me that the police will be disturbing me.'

From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian

If others wear it, there will be disturbing influences among your friends causing you unexpected dissatisfaction and loss.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman