How to Use upsetting in a Sentence

upsetting

adjective

• My nose and mouth were full of blood, guts and a deep, upsetting warmth.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025
• My nose and mouth were full of blood, guts and a deep, upsetting warmth.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
• And that looks scary and upsetting.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
• To have this held as a trespass on my part is very upsetting.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
• That’s about as upsetting to dwell on as anything in the news right now.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
• None of this has been upsetting enough to derail her, though.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
• To meet someone who seems like a good catch and then be told this is upsetting.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 30 June 2024
• This was, of course, upsetting.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
• Has there been a more upsetting mega-blockbuster?
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
• These medical scenes are among the most upsetting in the film — which says a lot.
  — Katie Rife, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
• All three details are upsetting, and none of them, as yet, can be explained.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
• And that’s the upsetting part, and it’s not being controlled in the right way.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 23 May 2025
• Even writing that sentence is still very upsetting to me.
  — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
• Moving on from the best stadium in the world is a very upsetting move.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
• My voice had been made legitimate and, in this way, was all the more upsetting.
  — Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
• Half of the forward line could be replaced without upsetting things too much.
  — James Nalton, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
• These shifts can be upsetting for parents and can lead to confusion.
  — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• But this is upsetting (and frazzling) to me on a deeper level.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Jan. 2026
• First, how is Lacey doing, and second, why was that piece so upsetting to you both?
  — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 23 Mar. 2023
• There’s nothing more upsetting than a stale doughnut!
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
• Hot steel is enlarged by being hammered against the upsetting block.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
• The 9-year-old seems to possess that sort of upsetting quality as well.
  — Caleb Harris, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
• An upsetting scene with a young Bruce and his father was also based on real life.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
• There was a lot of patience asking for his feedback, and to still not get anything has been very upsetting.
  — Rachel Desantis, People.com, 4 June 2025
• As the months passed, their daughter began to find the visits with her parents upsetting.
  — Shoshana Walter, New York Times, 29 June 2023
• To test this, participants were made to watch an upsetting film and then made to talk about it with someone else.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• You’re not required to tell others what’s upsetting you, but be careful to avoid taking your stress out on them.
  — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
• This was upsetting to Gino, who hadn’t heard of the goodbye dinner.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
• That's the upsetting recipe that went viral on TikTok this year.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 19 Dec. 2023
• Beware of amendment subjects that could be very upsetting to some members.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025