How to Use disturbance in a Sentence

disturbance

noun
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  • Fish are able to detect even slight disturbances in the water.
  • She doesn't want any more disturbances while she is studying.
  • The violence that soldiers experience in war can lead to emotional disturbance in later years.
  • Disturbance of the river's sediment causes cloudy water.
  • This quantum measurement disturbance was a hindrance for most physicists.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2024
  • Sleeping with the mouth open can be dangerous too, contributing to sleep apnea, snoring, and other sleep disturbances.
    — Kelly Burch Updated, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
  • Mild symptoms may include muscle cramps and headache, while more severe consequences can include disturbances to your heart rhythm or even death, Barron said.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 20 May 2024
  • But according to accounts from fans and journalists, the disturbances could have been averted with better planning and management.
    — Asli Pelit, Sportico.com, 15 July 2024
  • Detectives believe a disturbance escalated into gunfire from one or more people when the victims were struck.
    — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 26 May 2024
  • In that incident, police said about 20 juveniles were involved in a disturbance after leaving the carnival grounds.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 June 2024
  • According to authorities, the sheriff's office sent deputies to Fortson's apartment in response to a disturbance call.
    — Jonathan Franklin, NPR, 31 May 2024
  • Experts at the time forecast a severe geomagnetic storm, predicting a big disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field..
    — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 31 May 2024
  • Fibers can be released into the air by disturbance of asbestos-containing material through activities such as demolition work.
    — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
  • There’s a disturbance in the force, and George Lucas wants to help correct the problem.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2024
  • There’s fear of the dark, safety concerns and noise disturbances.
    — Jess Reia, Fortune, 30 May 2023
  • Police believe the man causing a disturbance was the same man who had called to turn himself in.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 14 Apr. 2023
  • But as the years pass, the strain builds until, like an avalanche on a snow-laden mountain, one small disturbance sets off a chain reaction.
    — WIRED, 15 June 2023
  • The rapper tried to fight back, Lazzaro said, and the group is alleged to have fled after employees heard the disturbance.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The disturbance is expected to drift southward over the next couple of days and landfall of the storm is not expected.
    — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 1 June 2023
  • He was awakened by a disturbance between a black bear and his sheep about 1 a.m., park officials said.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 July 2023
  • Tropical disturbances that have sustained winds of 39 miles per hour earn a name.
    — Judson Jones, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • After two weeks of disturbance, the bats decided to leave the Botanic Gardens.
    — Natasha Frost, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • At first, there was confusion in the stadium as people tried to find where the disturbance was coming from.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In the foreboding clip, a seismometer measures big disturbances in the ground.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2023
  • In an attempt to crack down on persistent gang disturbances, Ecuador has been in a state of emergency since Jan. 9.
    — Kyra Colah, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • But there’s also a new disturbance that is consolidating in the Bay of Campeche.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Sacrificing the disturbance to the property will be well worth the camaraderie of a good old deer camp.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Nov. 2023
  • When the deputies arrived, they were told the man causing the disturbance, later identified as Garrett, had left the business.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 18 June 2024
  • Blue light glasses claim to filter out blue light to reduce eye strain or prevent sleep disturbances.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • No strobes nor bait were used to take this photograph, to cause as little a disturbance as possible.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024

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