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Sentences with disturb

dis·turb
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  • I hope I'm not disturbing you. [VERB noun]
  • I dream about him, dreams so vivid that they disturb me for days. [VERB noun]
  • The noise disturbed my concentration.
  • Don't disturb the baby when he's sleeping.
  • He'd placed his notes in the brown envelope. They hadn't been disturbed. [be VERB-ed]
  • Neither Baker nor Levy seemed eager to disturb the cordial atmosphere by discussing more sensitive issues. [VERB noun]
  • She doesn't want to be disturbed while she's working.
  • I'm sorry to disturb you at such a late hour.
  • I am disturbed at your bad news
  • Don't disturb yourself on my account
  • I didn't eat anything all day so as not to disturb the bacteria.
  • For example, Stoic philosopher Epictetus argued that it is not events in themselves that disturb us but the view we take of them.
  • To disturb the books on a shelf
  • Don't disturb yourself
  • Disturb implies the unsettling of normal mental calm or powers of concentration by worry, interruption, etc. [to disturb one's train of thought]; discompose implies the upsetting of one's self-possession [her sudden outburst discomposed him]; to perturb is to cause to have a troubled or alarmed feeling [the bad news perturbed him]; agitate suggests an arousing of intense mental or emotional excitement [he was so agitated, he could not answer]
  • Please do not disturb me when I'm working.
  • To disturb the papers on her desk.
  • To be disturbed by strange behavior.
  • Do not disturb.
  • The noisy ventilation disturbed me during the exam. The performance was disturbed twice by a ringing mobile phone. A school of fish disturbed the water.
  • A mudslide disturbed the course of the river. The trauma disturbed his mind.
  • A disturbing film that tries to explore the mind of a serial killer. His behaviour is very disturbing.
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