Use disturbing in a sentence
Sentences starting with disturbing
- Disturbing thoughts began to chase each other through his head. [5]
Sentences ending with disturbing
- I understood that she had had herself under control, had worn a mask--a mask I had forced on her; and the revelation of the continued existence of that other Maude was profoundly disturbing. [9]
- Yet it was plain that the entrance of Dyck at this moment was disturbing. [11]
- Of all those he had left behind, this was the one being whom to meet was not disturbing. [11]
- And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing. [9]
More example sentences with the word disturbing in them
- He played, indeed, with the cocksureness and individuality one might have expected; and Honora, forgetting at moments the disturbing elements by which she was surrounded, followed him with fascination. [9]
- The widow, kneeling with clasped hands, never took her eyes off the face of the youth, nor moved for fear of disturbing the deacon who, as she knew, was praying--praying for the salvation of the heathen soul snatched away before it could repent. [10]
- His disturbing words were these: "To-night I am the Governor of this country. [11]
- All this process was watched by the three spectators with absorbing interest, their heads bent together over Luigi's palm, and nobody disturbing the stillness with a word. [5]
- Phelps was, however, unsophisticated in his until the advent of strangers into his life, who brought in literature and various other disturbing influences. [4]
- With a solemn triumphal march there mingled a song, the drip from the trees, and the hissing of the saber, "Ozheg-zheg-zheg..." and again the horses jostled one another and neighed, not disturbing the choir but joining in it. [2]
- It was not till the sick-nurse came back that the tumult was appeased; for, as soon as she learned how seriously the loud disputes of her fellow-believers were disturbing the sick man's rest, she interfered so effectually, that the house was as silent as before. [10]
- Walking back toward the Yard my attention was attracted by a slowly approaching cab whose occupants were disturbing the quiet of the night with song. [9]
- Philip stole out the unused front door without disturbing the family. [4]
- To avoid disturbing the sick woman, he removed his shoes in the entry, and then glided into his former little room. [10]
- Enlightenment as to the identity of these disturbing persons came, the next day, from an unexpected source. [9]
- And ever since the day when he had told the story of his life this face had kept passing before his eyes with a disturbing persistence. [11]
- Mr. Burlingame said that herein lay China's bitter opposition to railroads; a road could not be built anywhere in the empire without disturbing the graves of their ancestors or friends. [5]
- His face was still square, determined, but Mr. Flint noted curiously that the anger was gone from his eyes, and that another--although equally human--expression had taken its place,--a more disturbing expression, to Mr. Flint. [9]
- Her imagination went so far as to apprehend, as they greeted her unwonted appearance, that they read in it an addition to other vague and disturbing phenomena. [9]
- At such moments she would turn to the typewriter, her fingers striking the keys with amazing rapidity, with extraordinary accuracy and force,--force vaguely disturbing to Mr. Claude Ditmar as he entered the office one morning and involuntarily paused to watch her. [9]
- He wished the reunion of all the States perfected, and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future; and, to attain this end, it was necessary that the original disturbing cause should, if possible, be rooted out. [7]
- With all due respect for your fancy for warming chains, it would be wise, ere Sir Red Coat--[The executioner]--puts his round our ankles for disturbing the peace, to have a sensible talk. [10]
- At last a policeman came along, and arrested me for disturbing the peace by yelling at people on shore for help. [5]
- At this disturbing point in his reflections Austen became aware that the hall was ringing with a loud and compelling voice which originated in front of the Speaker's desk. [9]
- And yet he pitied her so much, and felt so unwilling to have a matter of such gravity disturbing the oddity of their acquaintance, that he thought, and thought truly, that rather than receive fifty pounds down, he would have the Marchioness proved innocent. [12]
- When it was over it ended, so far as concerned any disturbing remembrances of it. [11]
- For its bearing on our finances, I would be glad for this to be done, if it can be, without injuriously disturbing your military operations, or supplying the enemy. [7]
- Iowa lay north of the line, and had been organized as a Territory and come into the Union as a State without disturbing that Compromise. [7]
- Even the clang-clang of eight bells has music--not boisterous nor disturbing, but muffled in the velvety air. [11]
- A thought then occurred to her which was sufficient excuse for disturbing the sick man's sleep. [10]
- They had all now recovered from the disturbing sentiments of the first portion of the journey; life was at full tide; the spirit of the hunter was on them. [11]
- The tire-woman had not finished her work when Alexander returned, and Melissa dared not turn her head for fear of disturbing her in her task. [10]
- If I were not afraid of disturbing her, and if I were worthy, how gladly would I join my prayers to hers! [10]
- Guests arrived from New York, spent the night and departed again without disturbing the even tenor of its ways. [9]
- Deeply troubled, and more and more distressed as time went on by new disturbing thoughts, she hurriedly paced from side to side of the long, narrow chamber in the gathering darkness. [10]
- It is a matter of absolute certainty that it is a disturbing element. [7]
- Nobody was disturbing it; nobody was interested in it; all the family's attempts to get attention to it had failed--except in the case of one of the trunks containing the dutiable goods. [5]
- Mercury, for instance, is alien to the system, and eminently disturbing in its influence. [3]
- Page Morgan had inherited money, and a certain advantageous position for observing life and criticising it, humorously sometimes, and without any serious intention of disturbing it. [4]
- Her manner was indeed intimate, and yet it had the odd and disturbing effect of making her seem more remote. [9]
- He dreaded, once in the midst of those disturbing currents, a bungling presentation of the cause which inspired him, and which he knew to be righteousness itself. [9]
- Anything shut up in one of those two octavos might stay there a lifetime without Mr. Penhallow's disturbing it; that Master Gridley knew, and of course the young man knew it too. [6]
- With renewed exasperation I thought of Krebs, of his disturbing and almost uncanny faculty of following me up. [9]
- She seized her husband by the back of his loose frock and pulled him away, crying out that he was losing time by talking to vagabonds, besides disturbing the good sisters. [9]
- He would wait, however, until she came from her chamber, before disturbing her with the evil tidings. [6]
- It was for his elder playfellow and not for Arsinoe that Pollux had set his work in this place, but, just now, her gaze fell like a disturbing chill on his excited mood. [10]
- He got to his bed without disturbing the family, but could not sleep. [6]
- Denzil had studied her, and he knew vaguely that a fresh interest, disturbing, electrifying, had entered into her. [11]
- The idea that her interest in Austen Vane was possibly connected with the study of mankind had a sobering effect on him; and the notion that she had another sort of interest in Mr. Crewe seemed ridiculous enough, but disturbing, and supported by feats. [9]
- By this time her glances seemed to have gained a visibly disturbing effect. [9]
- Since then he had seen Austen's hand in various disturbing matters, and now it was as if he heard Austen speaking. [9]
- She had always had a good deal of fresh colour, but to-day she seemed pale, though her eyes had a strange disturbing light. [11]
- I felt a good deal as one might have felt on disturbing an alchemist at his work, at the very moment, it might be, when he was about to make projection. [6]
- To keep you from becoming commonplace and obscure and--and everything you promised not to be when you married me," she retorted from the doorway, her eyes still alight with that disturbing and tantalizing fire. [9]
- He disliked Carnac for his uncalculating candour; but he realized that, behind all, was something disturbing to his life. [11]
- Then, without waiting for a reply, the young minister went back to his royal master; but his invitation exerted a disturbing influence upon Barbara. [10]
- But beyond the fact that he threw himself into the dance with a somewhat increased fervor, perhaps, his manner betokened no uneasiness, and not even by a glance did he betray any disturbing influence from above. [9]
- It had sounded every evening without disturbing the sufferer, but to-night it roused her from her slumbers. [10]
- The first disturbing event in this serenity was the report of the Mavick ball, already referred to, and the interpretation put upon it by the newspapers. [4]
- On him the effect was so far disturbing that he became a little pale, but I noticed that he met her glance unflinchingly and then looked at me, as if to see in how far I had been affected by her speech. [11]
- It was a disturbing, exciting year. [5]
- It is aggressive, disturbing, and would wear out a nervous man without his ever knowing what was the matter with him. [6]
- A procession of disturbing thoughts began to troop through her mind. [5]
- Yet, had this disturbing influence really existed? [10]
- There was nothing disturbing in it; indeed, I never saw her otherwise than serene, even when her voice betrayed strong emotion. [4]
- And when the clergyman' spoke there was no anger in his voice, but a quality--a feeling which was disturbing, and difficult to define. [9]
- Out of his classes, however, beyond the immediate, disturbing influence of his personality I would relapse into indifference.... [9]
- Besides, it was certain--Antony's stanchest friends made no attempt to conceal the fact--that the Queen's presence with the army exerted a disturbing influence, and could not fail to curb the daring courage of the brave general. [10]
- One of my captors said: "Enter a charge against this Chinaman of being disorderly and disturbing the peace. [5]
- It is probably born of the telegraph and of the possibility of rapid travel, and it is more disturbing to serenity of mind than any other. [4]
- A marriage, to be a marriage, should be proof against disturbing influences, should leave the individuals free; the binding element should be love, not the force of an imposed authority. [9]
- It was possible at once to be aware of her disturbing presence, and yet to feel at home in it. [9]
- Chief among these, and, indeed, the only one I just now think of, is their great care while doing business to avoid disturbing people's sleep. [5]
- It looked unstable and tired--as though disturbing forces were working up to the surface out of control. [11]
- They had evinced an equally disturbing tendency,--a willingness to be overborne. [9]
- Her imagination was almost as deeply impressed as mine had been at those alarming interviews, and I had to explain to her fully that I had become quite indifferent to the disturbing impressions of former years. [6]
- Much thinking on a woman, whose influence on his life was evil or disturbing, might account somewhat for the change in Secord. [11]
- It had been a matter of life and death with her lover, while disturbing Caracalla would only postpone his recovery a few hours at the utmost. [10]
- He said coldly: "I am disturbing you, I see. [10]
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