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Recent Examples of disturbingly
The Leafs were disturbingly lifeless early against the Senators and nothing happened.
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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
The Orange County Health Care Agency did an analysis of drug and alcohol deaths a few years back, highlighted in disturbingly stark relief on its Drug and Alcohol Misuse and Mortality dashboard.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Thompson’s death was greeted with horror and sympathy for the victim’s family but also with disturbingly widespread support for the assassin—fueled by outrage at insurers, whom many fault for blocking medical care.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
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
The Orange County Health Care Agency did an analysis of drug and alcohol deaths a few years back, highlighted in disturbingly stark relief on its Drug and Alcohol Misuse and Mortality dashboard.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
Thompson’s death was greeted with horror and sympathy for the victim’s family but also with disturbingly widespread support for the assassin—fueled by outrage at insurers, whom many fault for blocking medical care.
—Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 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
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Seth MacFarlane‘s unsettlingly realistic portrayal of Bill Clinton in Ted season two is going viral online.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Mar. 2026
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Disappearances are still unsettlingly high.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 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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The pipeline of new antibiotics remains distressingly thin, and most drugs currently in development are structurally similar to existing antibiotics, potentially limiting their effectiveness.—
André O. Hudson,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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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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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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Sennott and her costars speak with an irritatingly fake affect, are shallower than a puddle in the desert and prize selfishness, indolence and artifice.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The classic bikini fairing harks back to the original café racer's front end, surrounding a pair of awfully low-slung clip-on handlebars and dual electronic clocks behind a compact visor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2026
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But the combination of naked ambition, absence of cynicism, and a sunny disposition seemed awfully suspicious.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ sentence is absolutely appropriate, and former Democratic Colorado State Senator Sonya Jacquez Lewis’s sentence is terribly lenient.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2026
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The narrator’s terribly British father takes refuge from the emotional storms of his household by listening to jazz records in his office.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Disturbingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disturbingly. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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