How to Use disturbed in a Sentence

disturbed

adjective
  • He seems very disturbed about his work lately.
  • That’s why people might be more disturbed by it.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The trap is bedded in the smooth, disturbed ground in front of the hole.
    — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 17 Dec. 2019
  • There are disturbed people out there that are going to act on this.
    — Nr Staff, National Review, 9 Aug. 2019
  • But how do creatures adapt when their habitats are so disturbed?
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Beside the road, the hills gave way to terraces of disturbed ground.
    — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Many politicians are quick to point to the shooters' disturbed minds.
    — oregonlive.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Or a deeply disturbed young woman who fixates on a pop star as a way to cope with grief?
    — Tomi Obaro, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Even at a distance, the birds are easily disturbed and quick to take flight.
    — ABC News, 30 May 2026
  • The disturbed spirits, which have caused so much trouble for his people, will be silent.
    — National Geographic, 16 Apr. 2017
  • Market forces may have produced the end of the cheap car era, but some observers are still disturbed.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Existing rooms turned into cells of the disturbed.
    — Daron James, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The first small gallery, its walls cloaked in dark aubergine, shimmers in low light with the bleak resonance of a disturbed tomb.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • That’s on top of her other worries, not the least of which is her seemingly disturbed, aloof young son.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Not for the first time, the internet itself was declared weird, mean, gross, disturbed.
    — Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
  • They are also found streaks near younger craters, where the ground is more disturbed and can trigger dust flows more easily.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
  • Beatty-Arthur said she was most disturbed by the 12-year-old’s background.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The 25-centimeter-tall weed is fond of disturbed land, field edges and the shoulders of roads.
    — Quanta Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
  • When the soil or plant material is disturbed, tiny spores can be released into the air.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Pulling brush back onto disturbed dirt areas to reduce erosion.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026
  • One trick is to plant the bulbs deeply — to six or seven inches — and cover with a little mulch to hide the disturbed soil.
    — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Lennon died in 1980 at age 40 after he was shot and killed by a disturbed fan.
    — Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In the early morning, late afternoon and evening, disturbed beetles will fold their legs and drop to the ground.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 July 2019
  • Once the garden, bed, or planting area is established, the surface is not disturbed again.
    — Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Authorities were called to the dorm for reports of a disturbed student.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2018
  • And sweet, disturbed Jared (Zach Woods) now cares for the elderly.
    — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2019
  • At least three and probably all five of the disturbed corpses were of Black people, Palich said.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Like Maddie, the movie is warm, funny, and sincere—and maybe a little disturbed.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The four-episode series sees Cooper play a young, disturbed boy who’s online habits have turned deadly.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The series, which unfolds over nine episodes, attempts to go inside the mind of the deeply disturbed man who pulled the trigger.
    — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2023

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