How to use disturb in a sentence

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• (As) tired as he was, I decided not to disturb him.From the entry as
• Don't disturb them. They're having a roll in the hay, I think.From the entry roll in the hay
• My car is a sanctuary, where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.From the entry sanctuary
• We left quietly so as not to disturb the widow's pensiveness.From the entry pensiveness
• He had his mood message set to "At work," so I didn't disturb him.From the entry mood message
• Don't disturb me now. Can't you see that I'm eating?From the entry eat
• I don't like to disturb him when he's working.From the entry like
• She deprecated any action which might disturb the peace.From the entry deprecate
• Not wishing to disturb the animal he was trying to photograph, he held his indrawn breath until the shutter was released.From the entry indrawn
• Home international studies help to disturb national monologues and de-parochialise research.2018, Teacher Training and Professional Development, page 2114. From the entry de-parochialise
• Unlike tumors, these pseudolesions isoenhance relative to liver and do not disturb blood vessels.2015, Angela D. Levy, Koenraad J. Mortele, Benjamin M. Yeh, Gastrointestinal Imaging, page 315. From the entry isoenhance
• It is the culture of oversharing and status anxiety that disturbs me.2012 December 10, Roger Cohen, “Time to Tune Out”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry overshare
• "Catloaf" position with paws and tail tucked under the body: "Please do not disturb!"2009, Brigitte Eilert-Overbeck, Cats, →ISBN, page 47. From the entry catloaf
• The tremulant intentionally disturbs the stability of the wind in order to produce a desirable musical oscillation.2009, John R. Shanon, Understanding the Pipe Organ, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry tremulant
• His presence, after all, disturbs our arrogant pretensions and suitheistic fantasies.2008, James Patrick Holding, Shattering the Christ Myth, page 334. From the entry suitheistic
• Of course, once trained, a cadaver dog doesn't disturb the remains at the site.2004, Angela Eaton Snovak, Guide to Search and Rescue Dogs, page 160. From the entry cadaver dog
• No wonder imperfections, which disturb the orderliness, disturb the cleavage as well.1982, Alan Holden, Phylis Morrison, “Cleaving and Gliding Crystals”, in Crystals and Crystal Growing, Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press…. From the entry cleavage
• If it is there, at Tanis, then it is something that man was not meant to disturb.1981, Lawrence Kasdan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, spoken by Sallah. From the entry Tanis
• The bare dozen passengers the station sees in a month do little to disturb the peace.1939 July, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Port Victoria”, in Railway Magazine, page 67. From the entry disturb the peace
• "My existence disturbs people." Her voice is like Em's, too, but with a different kind of sharpness, a more subtle blade.2023, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Brothers Hawthorne, page 37. From the entry affair baby
• It must be removed at once, lest it disturb the young and arouse in adults the most prurient thoughts.2010 [2008], Stephen Sartarelli, Love and the Erotic in Art, US: John Paul Getty Trust, translation of Amore ed erotismo by Stefano Zuffi…. From the entry prurient
• It was the terminal quiet that had bugged her; trying to shelve books extra-quietly so as not to disturb anyone’s studying.1995, A[aron] A[lbert] Carr, chapter 40, in Eye Killers (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series; 13), Norman, Okla.…. From the entry bookshelver
• The noise of the whizzing machine might disturb the calm of my stoveside reverie, but the satin texture makes the disruption worthwhile.2008 February 3, Sara Dickerman, “Lovin’ Spoonfuls”, in New York Times. From the entry stoveside
• But hundreds, perhaps thousands of artifacts have been taken by amateur pothunters, whose activities can disturb the soil and ruin the chance of serious research.2007 December 12, Anthony Depalma, “An Island in the Hudson, Plundered in Search of Indian Artifacts”, in New York Times. From the entry pothunter
• The wide mouth was folded tight together, the heavy-lidded eyes were firmly shut as though she defied the world to disturb her rest.2007, John Stephen Strange, The Chinese Jar Mystery. From the entry heavy-lidded
• Despite considerable overreferencing, which sometimes intrudes into the text sufficiently to disturb the thought processes of the reader, the book is well written.1979, Environment and Planning A, volume 11, page 964. From the entry overreference
• I started off by saying that this is such a tenth-rate film that I don't believe that it would disturb anybody's faith.1979, Malcolm Muggeridge, Friday Night, Saturday Morning, BBC2. From the entry tenth-rate
• One does not disturb a dreamer.1976, Andre Norton, “Get Out of My Dream”, in Perilous Dreams, New York, N.Y.: DAW Books, Inc., page 130. From the entry planetman
• Batteries of fast bowlers softened batsmen up with short-pitched bowling, while fielders tried to disturb their concentration with a running commentary of insults commonly known as sledging.1998, Larry Elliott, Daniel E Atkinson, The Age of Insecurity. From the entry sledge
• There also is the potential to disturb or destroy specific sites used by such species as the western diamond back rattlesnake, spade foot toad, and the desert tortoise.1973, United States Dept. of the Interior, Final Environmental Statement for the Geothermal Leasing Program. From the entry spade foot
• In Battersea, in southwest London, Vito Parrinello, a manager of several dark stores who until recently managed Italian restaurants, is determined that the delivery riders not disturb their new neighbors.2021 July 27, Eshe Nelson, “Groceries in 10 Minutes: Delivery Start-Ups Crowd City Streets Across Globe”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry dark store
• In the space about the hut her search went on, lifting old tins and boxes and timber to disturb the flat grey woodbugs under them, but finding nothing else there.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 193. From the entry wood bug

Meaning of disturb

1. verb To confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
2. verb To divert, redirect, or alter by disturbing.
3. verb To have a negative emotional impact; to cause emotional distress or confusion.

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How do you use disturb in a sentence?

Disturb is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The noisy ventilation disturbed me during the exam.”

What is a short sentence with disturb?

“The trauma disturbed his mind.”

What does disturb mean?

Disturb means to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.