How to Use disturb in a Sentence

disturb

verb

• I'm sorry to disturb you at such a late hour.
• She doesn't want to be disturbed while she's working.
• Don't disturb the baby when he's sleeping.
• The noise disturbed my concentration.
• Never touch or disturb the site and always leave no trace.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2022
• A couple of bats dart around overhead, disturbed by the truck.
  — Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
• None of that may trouble you or disturb your belief in your own righteousness.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2024
• The resodding process should disturb the chinch bugs enough that a spray for these pests is not needed for a few weeks.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
• The public should not disturb them and only watch them from a distance, experts said.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
• The hum can disturb people sleeping or working in adjacent rooms.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
• But there’s that old phrase: disturbing the comfortable and comforting the disturbed.
  — Joe Utichi, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2024
• Do not disturb the sediment in shallow areas of bodies of warm freshwater.
  — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 30 Aug. 2022
• The bulkhead rows tend to have more leg room as well, so much so that the window and middle seat passengers can duck out to the restroom without disturbing their seatmates.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2024
• Obviously, there's theater which can eviscerate people, disturb their emotions, and so on.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2022
• Vibrations of a mower adjacent to or over a nest or the impact of a wayward basketball can also disturb them enough to swarm and attack a nearby person.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
• James Marsters was as disturbed filming an infamous Buffy the Vampire Slayer scene as many fans were watching it.
  — John Russell, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
• After seeing the claim spread online in the 2000s, Brown tested it and found club soda would disturb the ants initially but not kill them.
  — Ana Faguy, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2022
• Someone had to stand up to the tyranny — to disturb it a little, or a lot.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 June 2023
• He was disturbed by the discovery, but not enough to stop.
  — Benoît Morenne, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
• This incident isn’t the first time humans have disturbed part of the wall.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• Adult psyllids, about the size of aphids, are dark in color and can jump when disturbed on plants.
  — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 13 July 2024
• Loop it around your tray table for a place to perch your feet that won't disturb the person in front of you.
  — Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2022
• Everything is done in silence so as not to disturb the voice of the stars.
  — Jen Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• Best not to disturb them, though—they’re planning the biggest marathon on the planet.
  — Chris Taylor, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
• At this hour, there are few guests in the lobby to disturb their important work.
  — Clara Laguna, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2023
• Tree-of-heaven thrives in soil that has been disturbed, such as along roadsides.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 20 June 2023
• Gardenias that are already in the ground don’t like to be disturbed.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 8 May 2024
• Are there some whose only aim is to appall and disturb?
  — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
• But at that time, staff members elected not to disturb it.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
• Davis was clearly disturbed by the disclosure, coming on the eve of the trial.
  — Randall Chase, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Sep 2024