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How do you use Disorient in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like discombobulate or confound, plus the exact meaning.

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Disorient in a sentence

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Disorient | Disoriented | Disorienting | Disorientation | Disorientated | Disorientating | Disorients | Disorientingly

Disorient meaning

  1. To cause to lose orientation or direction.
  2. To confuse or befuddle.

Synonyms of Disorient

disorientate discombobulate confound bedevil fuddle befuddle fox throw confuse orient

Related words

Other words often associated with Disorient or its synonyms:

position mistake soak intoxicate misidentify inebriate hassle molest alter dodger fur smother

Using Disorient

  • The main meaning on this page is: To cause to lose orientation or direction. | To confuse or befuddle.
  • Useful related words include: disorientate, discombobulate, confound, bedevil.
  • In the example corpus, disorient often appears in combinations such as: to disorient, disorient me, can disorient.

Context around Disorient

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

tributes 1× express 1× migrating 1×

Sentence patterns with Disorient

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

clock to disorient tributes nearly 1× clones to disorient his enemies 1× designed to disorient made me 1× divide and disorient the venezuelan 1× don t disorient me but 1× knacks to disorient any houseguest 1× laser to disorient a person 1× meant to disorient but don 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a jewish couple 1× disorientation some weapons 1× first thing i 1× for example at 1× lights on tall 1× matt striker s 1×

Common sentence endings:

disorient a person 1× disorient any houseguest 1× disorient his enemies 1× disorient migrating birds 1× for some reason 1× has never wavered 1×

Words around Disorient

Just before it in the word index:

disorganized 93 disorganize 2 disorganization 22 disorganised 32 disorganise 3 disorganisation 9

Just after it in the word index:

disorientated 12 disorientating 8 disorientation 38 disoriented 72 disorienting 55 disorientingly 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Disorient

  • In this selection, "disorient" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tributes, express and migrating stand out and add context to how "disorient" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include clock to disorient tributes nearly and clones to disorient his enemies. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "disorient" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with disorient

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Lights on tall structures can disorient migrating birds. (8 words)

These activities are meant to disorient, but don’t forget safety. (11 words)

Disorientation Some weapons simply use a laser to disorient a person. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

A Jewish couple who moved from Berlin on the eve of the World War II for obvious reasons, Gerda Tuchler and her husband, Kurt, filled their apartment with enough German novels, furniture and knick-knacks to disorient any houseguest. (39 words)

The Maple Leafs were continuing to torch whatever shreds of local respect they’d been left by Brian Burke and his fellow travellers on the Disorient Express; Burke was eventually fired as general manager in January 2013. (37 words)

Then again, I also enjoy looking at pieces of art that don’t disorient me, but are simply beautiful to look at, or carry a historical significance that mesmerizes me. (30 words)

Example sentences (12)

First thing I would think of is someone is going to steal my pocketbook or keys if they're trying to disorient me.

For example, at some point Heavensbee spins the clock to disorient tributes, nearly killing his rebel allies.

Then again, I also enjoy looking at pieces of art that don’t disorient me, but are simply beautiful to look at, or carry a historical significance that mesmerizes me.

Minerva's speed, strength, & martial arts skills are the cream of the crop and she can create magic portals that can disorient the enemy or redirect their attacks.

This is the fastest Arrancar of all, able to make speed-based clones to disorient his enemies.

A Jewish couple who moved from Berlin on the eve of the World War II for obvious reasons, Gerda Tuchler and her husband, Kurt, filled their apartment with enough German novels, furniture and knick-knacks to disorient any houseguest.

Matt Striker’s call of, “Slaps designed to disorient,” made me laugh for some reason.

The Maple Leafs were continuing to torch whatever shreds of local respect they’d been left by Brian Burke and his fellow travellers on the Disorient Express; Burke was eventually fired as general manager in January 2013.

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These activities are meant to disorient, but don’t forget safety.

While other figures have been debilitated by a relentless Cuba-style campaign to divide and disorient the Venezuelan opposition through repression, harassment, intimidation, infiltration, and bribery, Machado has never wavered.

Disorientation Some weapons simply use a laser to disorient a person.

Lights on tall structures can disorient migrating birds.

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Common combinations with disorient

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "disorient" in a sentence?
An example: "First thing I would think of is someone is going to steal my pocketbook or keys if they're trying to disorient me." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "disorient" from authentic English texts.
What does "disorient" mean?
Disorient means: To cause to lose orientation or direction.
What are synonyms of "disorient"?
Common synonyms of "disorient" include: disorientate, discombobulate, confound, bedevil, fuddle, befuddle, fox, throw. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "disorient" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "disorient", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.