How do you use Disturbance in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like perturbation or upset, plus the exact meaning.
Disturbance meaning
- The act of disturbing, being disturbed.
- Something that disturbs.
- A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
Synonyms of Disturbance
Using Disturbance
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of disturbing, being disturbed. | Something that disturbs. | A noisy commotion that causes a hubbub or interruption.
- Useful related words include: perturbation, upset, disorder, affray.
- In the example corpus, disturbance often appears in combinations such as: disturbance at, of disturbance, disturbance in.
Context around Disturbance
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disturbance
- In this selection, "disturbance" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, human, personality, western and generally stand out and add context to how "disturbance" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for a disturbance and a disturbance will keep. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disturbance" sits close to words such as accessibility, clan and emergencies, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disturbance
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A disturbance will keep skies cloudy. (6 words)
As well as issues at her home, Hynd caused a disturbance at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. (16 words)
A-fib is the most common heart rhythm disturbance in the UK, affecting some 1.4 million people. (18 words)
According to Regional Meteorological Department officials, the maximum temperature in Indore is likely to increase by 2-3 degrees Celsius for three days but it may drop again by a couple of degrees Celsius due to the effect of the western disturbance. (42 words)
A number of police officers and forensic teams scoured the fields this morning as part of a huge investigative operation into the events described as a "large-scale disturbance" at yesterday's Kabaddi event near Alvaston. (36 words)
According to department officials, no decrease in temperature is expected for the next couple of days but the temperature may fluctuate again on March 30-31 due to the western disturbance over northwest Himalayas. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
It chooses sites more than convert from low-density human disturbance and more than convert from medium- to high-density human disturbance.
Most cases of progressive cognitive disturbance in this age group are caused by psychiatric illness, alcohol or other drugs, or metabolic disturbance.
These included several categories of "personality disturbance", generally distinguished from "neurosis" (nervousness, egodystonic ). citation In 1952, the APA listed homosexuality in the DSM as a sociopathic personality disturbance.
The sum of these modes determines the "travel time" of the disturbance to the lower latitudes, and thus the response time of the thermosphere with respect to the magnetospheric disturbance.
A 63-year-old retired painter and decorator from Clydebank was involved in a disturbance at a Kintyre caravan park.
According to department officials, no decrease in temperature is expected for the next couple of days but the temperature may fluctuate again on March 30-31 due to the western disturbance over northwest Himalayas.
According to Regional Meteorological Department officials, the maximum temperature in Indore is likely to increase by 2-3 degrees Celsius for three days but it may drop again by a couple of degrees Celsius due to the effect of the western disturbance.
A disturbance will keep skies cloudy.
A-fib is the most common heart rhythm disturbance in the UK, affecting some 1.4 million people.
A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: "At 11.40pm yesterday (Wednesday) we received a report of a disturbance at an address on Front Street in Prudhoe.
A number of police officers and forensic teams scoured the fields this morning as part of a huge investigative operation into the events described as a "large-scale disturbance" at yesterday's Kabaddi event near Alvaston.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We received a report of a disturbance on Argyle Street, Glasgow, that occurred about 10pm on Friday, August 11, 2023.
A South Haven man causing a disturbance at a Chesterton gas station early Wednesday morning was taken into custody after it was found he had an outstanding felony warrant.
A spokesperson for Braehead Shopping Centre confirmed that a member of the public required “urgent medical attention” following the disturbance.
A statement from Essex Police said: “Officers were called to a disturbance at the Miller and Carter in Epping High Road at around 2.25pm yesterday (Saturday 2 September).
As well as issues at her home, Hynd caused a disturbance at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
At 2:09 a.m. police were dispatched to the 1200 block of Hamilton St. for a disturbance.
At 2:25 a.m. police were dispatched to the 100 block of Charmony Frontage Rd. for a disturbance.
At 3:40 p.m. police were dispatched to the 500 block of S. 10th Ave. for a disturbance.
At 4:20 a.m. police were dispatched to the 100 block of Park St. for a disturbance.
Common combinations with disturbance
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- disturbance at 24×
- of disturbance 23×
- disturbance in 22×
- the disturbance 18×
- for disturbance 16×
- disturbance and 10×
- disturbance to 10×
- disturbance on 10×
- western disturbance 9×
- to disturbance 9×