How to Use disrupt in a Sentence

disrupt

verb
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  • Universities across the country have been disrupted by protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
    — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • Quarterback pressures and hits, anything to disrupt the opponent’s passing game, make a difference.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2024
  • Earlier this week, hundreds of dancers threatened to disrupt the ceremony if their pay demands were not met, but the strike action was ultimately called off.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
  • Plus, this gel prides itself on its skin care-makeup hybrid ingredients that blend a dose of hydration and flush of color that won’t disrupt even the most sensitive skin types—or look greasy.
    — Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 25 July 2024
  • The review also uncovered the ways in which families can be disrupted by climate change, including ripple effects on children and teens.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
  • Deadly storms over the long weekend also knocked out power to hundreds of thousands across the South and disrupted holiday travel at busy airports in the northeast.
    — Dave Mistich, NPR, 27 May 2024
  • The landslide is one of several recent ones to disrupt rail service in the area.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The cut also alerted scientists to the fact that the eruption had disrupted the seafloor, which isn’t easy to spot.
    — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
  • But even with Kerr keying the press, Australia could not disrupt England’s ability to play out of the back.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The body creates too many abnormal white blood cells, which disrupts the body's healthy blood cells.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The neighborhood’s peace is disrupted when a gang of menacing neighbors take over the street.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 28 Aug. 2023
  • This technique works best on calm days when there’s no strong wind to put slack in your line and there’s no chop on the water to disrupt your presentation.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2024
  • Stress can also disrupt the balance of immune cells in the skin and weaken the skin’s barrier function.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 June 2023
  • One thing Michigan disrupted on the Alabama offensive line was a direct challenge to the group’s set of rules as a unit.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Got to have the necessary and correct ball pressure to disrupt opponents.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2023
  • The joint session was disrupted when a violent mob breached the Capitol building, leading to a pause in the proceedings.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Customers would show up in the physical queue at the restaurant to pick up — a process that often disrupted the flow of in-person ordering.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The new Moon of the 18th accents family matters and getting a better grip on home affairs, and events near the 26th will have a tendency to disrupt routines and throw you off track.
    — Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 16 June 2023
  • The pause could also disrupt plans to restore the Lower Albina streetscape with freeway covers.
    — oregonlive, 27 June 2023
  • There is also the chance for stormy weather across the central U.S. to disrupt some holiday gatherings.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 3 July 2024
  • Rioters have torched and smashed cars and buildings, including a school, and disrupted buses and trams.
    — Time, 29 June 2023
  • The strike disrupted travel on Canada’s second-biggest airline during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year in the country.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
  • Judging by the complaints strewn over the internet about the ads, people are not fans of so much advertising disrupting the flow of endless scrolling.
    — Whizy Kim, Vox, 10 July 2024
  • Yet Zhang may be one of the first novelists to devote serious attention to the ways that the climate crisis may disrupt the world’s food supply.
    — Mayukh Sen, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Weather and other delays could always disrupt flight schedules and routes on April 8, meaning travelers might miss some or all of the event.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Photos: The damage wrought by Otis The storm blocked roads and disrupted communications.
    — Diana Durán, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The announcement was prompted by a move by Mr. Netanyahu to disrupt a vote in Parliament that would choose members of the committee that selects new judges.
    — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • The Yurok and Karuk tribes have been connected to the Klamath River for thousands of years, but that relationship was disrupted by the construction of dams more than 100 years ago.
    — oregonlive, 17 June 2023
  • Skip days, not months Work gets busy; parenthood, vacations, and colds disrupt routines.
    — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 20 June 2024
  • Due to a renewable strike notice, the opening of the Eiffel Tower could be disrupted on February 21.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 20 Feb. 2024

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