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Recent Examples of disturbingly
Trump has been disturbingly clear that this isn’t about creating better elections.
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
Lonely young men on the internet, gun culture, school shootings and a need to be seen are themes colliding in Oscar Boyson‘s disturbingly twisted feature film debut Our Hero, which might just be a little too real to be a comfortable watch for many.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
The Leafs were disturbingly lifeless early against the Senators and nothing happened.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Even though there are at least one hundred people on this floor, colorful cubicle walls, and plenty of humorous art (a mug shot of Bill Gates from his arrest in Albuquerque is a favorite), the room is disturbingly quiet.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Watching it now, the performance feels disturbingly prescient, offering a glimpse of the managerial mindset that would eventually reshape American media into a pure war for attention.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
More disturbingly, some MAGA cultural warriors claimed to be disgusted by Bad Bunny’s suggestive dancing and called for his censorship, harking back to the 1950s, when emerging superstar Elvis Presley was shot by TV cameras from the waist up during his appearance at the Ed Sullivan show.
—Ediberto Roman, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Kelly’s John, mostly a passive receiver of wisdom and judgment, feels disturbingly like a moving photograph.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Either way, her company now has a triple bill of Balanchine ballets that ends with a disturbingly non-contextualized piece of propaganda.
—Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
Lonely young men on the internet, gun culture, school shootings and a need to be seen are themes colliding in Oscar Boyson‘s disturbingly twisted feature film debut Our Hero, which might just be a little too real to be a comfortable watch for many.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
The Leafs were disturbingly lifeless early against the Senators and nothing happened.
—Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Even though there are at least one hundred people on this floor, colorful cubicle walls, and plenty of humorous art (a mug shot of Bill Gates from his arrest in Albuquerque is a favorite), the room is disturbingly quiet.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Watching it now, the performance feels disturbingly prescient, offering a glimpse of the managerial mindset that would eventually reshape American media into a pure war for attention.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
More disturbingly, some MAGA cultural warriors claimed to be disgusted by Bad Bunny’s suggestive dancing and called for his censorship, harking back to the 1950s, when emerging superstar Elvis Presley was shot by TV cameras from the waist up during his appearance at the Ed Sullivan show.
—Ediberto Roman, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Kelly’s John, mostly a passive receiver of wisdom and judgment, feels disturbingly like a moving photograph.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Either way, her company now has a triple bill of Balanchine ballets that ends with a disturbingly non-contextualized piece of propaganda.
—Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disturbingly
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The funny thing is, Austin fathered seven children in all, but only Dot, Betty and Helen were coerced into performing, and their father’s monomania is compared, quite alarmingly, to such bullying stage fathers as Murray Wilson (The Beach Boys) and Joe Jackson (The Jackson 5).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2026
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For one — and perhaps most alarmingly — the home, built in 1937, didn’t have a proper foundation, according to Handler.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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On the season premiere of It Happened in Hollywood, director Lynne Littman and star Jane Alexander, nominated for an Oscar for her performance, revisit the film’s enduring impact, offering a deeply personal look at a project that still feels unsettlingly urgent.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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Disappearances are still unsettlingly high.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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In essence, Bright Lights, Big City, instead of being emotionally provoking and riveting, is distressingly gray and tedious, enlivened only by Fox’s gifted histrionics.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
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More distressingly, their 11 losses last season didn’t just mark the head coach’s first losing season since his tenure in Kansas City began in 2013.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
1 Mar. 2026
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Free speech has become a major liability in a disgustingly litigious society.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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These include those who disgustingly celebrated the murder of Brian Thompson and all but beatified his alleged assassin, and those who made light of and mocked the attack on Pelosi’s family and the Minnesota lawmakers.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Except for grackles, pigeons, house sparrows and other annoyingly social types that adore the company of humans, most birds will be found in green spaces far from the SXSW noise and crowds in or near downtown.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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But for me, the whole process—taking everything off the bed, washing all the pieces, and finding a place to store it all—is annoyingly tedious.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Aaron, with divine intervention, turns the dust of the land into gnats that irritatingly cover humans and animals throughout Egypt.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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No Diego Luna for Best Actor, no Stellan Skarsgård for Best Supporting Actor, no Elizabeth Dulau for Best Supporting Actress, and, most irritatingly of all, no Genevieve O’Reilly for Best Actress.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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The willingness of the officers to jump into some awfully cold water was for a good cause – Special Olympics Illinois — is admirable.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Emma is a literary editor, though the specifics are awfully vague—a late subplot involving challenges on the job feels particularly superficial—and her love for literature seems to begin and end with that novel in the café.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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The new Attorney General is apt to be just as destructive as Bondi—maybe even more so, given that Bondi, who had little familiarity with the federal legal system, was not terribly effective in the job.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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In his absence was a grievance fest about a nation heading terribly off course, with foes at every turn to defy the greatness for which MAGA yearns.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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