Example Sentences

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Big Bear’s beloved eagle couple Jackie and Shadow could be getting dozens of new neighbors, ruffling the feathers of advocates who say it will disturb the endangered raptors.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

Some Indians opposed to the mine say it will disturb sacred ground where a massacre of Paiutes took place in 1865.

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Argentina's Agency for the Prevention of Violence in Sport said the practice violates existing laws that prohibit "incitement to quarrel" at a sporting event and "provocations that will disturb public order", local media reports.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2023

That will disturb corporate debt-to-earnings ratios, a metric lenders use to set loan covenants that protect against defaults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2018

It’s so enticing, like I’ve been working in the sun and have come home to sink into a feather bed, knowing nothing will disturb me.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir