DISTURBANCE in a Sentence

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253 example sentences for DISTURBANCE, such as:
1. Sorry to disturb you , but I have an urgent message.
2. The traffic causes serious disturbance to residents.
3. If you get up early, try not to disturb everyone else.
4. Mr. Micawber's answer expressed the disturbance of his mind.
5. There were disturbances in the crowd as fans left the stadium.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of DISTURBANCE
disturbance
 n.  (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
 n.  activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The clergyman, therefore, hearing no symptoms of disturbance, uncovered his eyes and looked about him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
2  Not with pleasure, though I was bound to him by so many ties; no; with considerable disturbance, some mortification, and a keen sense of incongruity.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVII
3  The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
4  He connects his illness with great disturbance and agitation, naturally, and that's the figure, or the simile, or whatever it's called, which he chooses to use.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
5  Mr. Micawber's answer expressed the disturbance of his mind.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
6  I shut the door after him, that it might cause no disturbance of the quiet that prevailed; and when I turned back, I found Mr. Peggotty still talking to her.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 30. A LOSS
7  I found myself in the condition of a schoolmaster, a trap, a pitfall; of always playing spider to Dora's fly, and always pouncing out of my hole to her infinite disturbance.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. DOMESTIC
8  And as a fact, in such cases the emotional disturbance set up in Alexey Alexandrovitch by the sight of tears found expression in hasty anger.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 13
9  His chief object, to define the position with the least amount of disturbance possible, would not be attained by divorce either.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 13
10  Maria felt her triumph, and pursued her purpose, careless of Julia; and Julia could never see Maria distinguished by Henry Crawford without trusting that it would create jealousy, and bring a public disturbance at last.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  By sitting together upstairs, they avoided a great deal of the disturbance of the house; Fanny had peace, and Susan learned to think it no misfortune to be quietly employed.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
12  He turned with a sigh to the book, which had been the innocent cause of all this disturbance.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
13  He could see from a disturbance in the lines of her face that something had happened.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
14  He was still suffering from this sudden disturbance of the quiet routine of his life.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
15  His complexion became pale with anger, and the disturbance of his mind was visible in every feature.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 34
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1  Buildings should create minimum disturbance to the environment.
2  During the disturbance which followed, three Englishmen were hurt.
3  It's impossible to localize the effect of this political disturbance.
4  He is charged with several misdemeanour, including driving without a valid licence and creating a disturbance.
5  The traffic causes serious disturbance to residents.
6  The disturbance comes just as India's government is trying to reform the country's police services.
7  He has vowed to challenge government warnings not to disturb the country's stability and continue his political work.
8  Even the inevitable strains of caring for an ailing mother did not disturb Bea's equanimity.
9  The king said it was all the more homely and more pleasant for these fixings, and so don't disturb them.
10  The minister was concerned that nothing should disturb the solemnity of the marriage service.
11  If you get up early, try not to disturb everyone else.
12  Tourists often disturb the delicate balance of nature on the island.
13  Sorry to disturb you , but I have an urgent message.
14  An imbalance in certain chemicals leads to disturbances in the brain's function.
15  There were disturbances in the crowd as fans left the stadium.