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Disturbing in a sentence
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Disturbing meaning
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
Synonyms of Disturbing
Using Disturbing
- The main meaning on this page is: Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
- Useful related words include: distressing, distressful, perturbing, troubling.
- In the example corpus, disturbing often appears in combinations such as: the disturbing, and disturbing, disturbing the.
Context around Disturbing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disturbing
- In this selection, "disturbing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, highly, criticism, slightly, writing, aspects and concepts stand out and add context to how "disturbing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a disturbing 23 per and a highly disturbing scene. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disturbing" sits close to words such as hiv, joel and ps, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disturbing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Alice has several disturbing hallucinations. (5 words)
And depravity it brings, as Ouelhaj’s eye for violence is as captivating as it is disturbing. (17 words)
One person labelled the criticism disturbing, writing: 'What I find slightly disturbing is how this individual noticed it. (18 words)
The ' disturbing serial killer POV made it simply too disturbing for distributors to want to pick up the film, with the film being lost and believed to be banned for a decade before it eventually got an official release. (39 words)
American officials told CNN on Saturday the US has recently begun seeing "disturbing" trends and there are signs that Beijing wants to "creep up to the line" of providing lethal military aid to Moscow without getting caught. (37 words)
A lot of the most powerful and disturbing aspects of come from its highly disturbing concepts and execution, with the plot revolving around the ethics and use of clones as an extent of power and wrath. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
One person labelled the criticism disturbing, writing: 'What I find slightly disturbing is how this individual noticed it.
A lot of the most powerful and disturbing aspects of come from its highly disturbing concepts and execution, with the plot revolving around the ethics and use of clones as an extent of power and wrath.
The ' disturbing serial killer POV made it simply too disturbing for distributors to want to pick up the film, with the film being lost and believed to be banned for a decade before it eventually got an official release.
In May 2016, however, he pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of disturbing the peace — disturbing another person by making a loud and unreasonable noise.
According to a statement on Rumble’s X/Twitter feed, the company received an “extremely disturbing letter” from a “committee chair” from the British government.
According to numbers presented during the meeting, police have arrested 572 protesters since the demonstrations began in January for disturbing the peace, not obeying police instructions or assaulting police officers.
According to the teacher this was an isolation room for the toddlers during the evenings to avoid them from disturbing the babies there.
Additionally, the absence of distracting lights means that users can enjoy clear footage without disturbing their surroundings or causing complaints from neighbors.
A disturbing 23 per cent of students fall into the ‘developing’ category and a further 10 per cent ‘need additional support’, which means a third of all students are not reaching the minimum standard.
Affleck gives a brilliant Oscar-nominated role showing Ford's transition from a disturbing admirer to someone who believes he can replace James.
A former Northwestern University player has detailed disturbing hazing allegations following the suspension of head coach Pat Fitzgerald, as reported by The Daily Northwestern.
After getting his consent, officers found the disturbing images that showed dates on February 8th and 21st of 2023.
After paying, he watches the man's son take a knife to his clone -- the custom ritual of absolution -- in a highly-disturbing scene.
After the arrival of a young, mysterious priest (), the residents of a small isolated town begin to experience disturbing omens alongside miraculous unexplained events.
Agron throws herself fully into the role and the first 45 minutes of Jacknow’s disturbing commentary works wonders, but it strays and winds up losing its punch near its end.
Alice has several disturbing hallucinations.
A man accused of attacking a store clerk during a robbery in Chinatown, a disturbing incident that was caught on surveillance video, has been arrested.
American officials told CNN on Saturday the US has recently begun seeing "disturbing" trends and there are signs that Beijing wants to "creep up to the line" of providing lethal military aid to Moscow without getting caught.
And depravity it brings, as Ouelhaj’s eye for violence is as captivating as it is disturbing.
A particularly disturbing deepfake internet program can remove clothing in a photo and replace it with a realistic naked body.
Common combinations with disturbing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: