How to Use disturbing in a Sentence

disturbing

adjective

• The movie tells a disturbing story, and yet there’s truth to it.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2023
• The White House last month called the video tragic and disturbing.
  — Samira Puskar, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
• That still wasn’t as disturbing as the sight of Solène washing her feet in the crew mess sink.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 June 2025
• Many of the disturbing videos appear to have been posted in the last two days.
  — Khadijah Khogeer, NBC News, 27 June 2023
• Jacob Cockcroft finds that one of the most disturbing parts of the case.
  — Kyani Reid, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
• The disturbing doll-like skaters glide and spin on a stage so small that just staying on it is a great trick.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Dec. 2024
• Ghosts that wink could be scary but the face Sal makes is disturbing in other ways.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
• End of carousel Imagine if the boyfriend weren’t disturbing.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• The steep rise in syphilis cases was the most disturbing aspect of the report, Park said.
  — Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 11 Apr. 2023
• Key Largo has a new, disturbing and first-of-its-kind graveyard.
  — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 July 2024
• The crime scene inside the home was gruesome and disturbing.
  — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2023
• And in this case, Johnson expects the video to be disturbing.
  — Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2024
• But there has to be a plan between now and Thursday to erase this disturbing trend.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023
• Just a few weeks later, in April 1962, the FDA received a disturbing phone call.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
• Some of that is due to a disturbing lawsuit that was filed and then dismissed within the span of three weeks in 2022.
  — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• The most disturbing thing about the Red Wings’ place in the standings is not merely their win/loss totals.
  — Max Bultman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
• These are just some of the disturbing incidents that have taken place in the last 10 days alone.
  — Tess Owen, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
• The disturbing trend is adding to mounting losses due to fraud.
  — Carter Evans, CBS News, 19 July 2023
• That’s not because the thought of a coughing pig is any more disturbing than that of a coughing cow.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
• And the most disturbing images had been scrubbed off that video, Israel said.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
• The constant threat of being laid off can be deeply disturbing.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• At last—rather disturbing—count, the Titan has 40 hours of breathable air left.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 21 June 2023
• The actions came amid a disturbing increase in hate crimes.
  — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
• The lack of caring about my childhood was so disturbing.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
• The most disturbing of them: Are the mothers castrating their young?
  — John Sharp | [e-mail], al, 29 June 2023
• Finding the right balance of disturbing and adorable was a big challenge.
  — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 27 May 2025
• But the deeply disturbing use of the technology in this way is not novel.
  — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 16 Feb. 2023
• As a mother of two boys in public schools and the product of public schools myself, this news was disturbing to say the least.
  — Andrea Campbell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025
• In the disturbing footage, Raja was seen entering the ring and picking up Smith above his head before slamming him hard on the mat.
  — Escher Walcott, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
• Ray sets out to win the disturbing contest and use its life-changing prize for a surprising purpose.
  — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025