verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a worrying/disturbing aspect
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The worrying aspect is that it gets worse every year.
an alarming/worrying/disturbing trend
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I have detected a worrying trend of late.
disturb sb’s concentration
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She slipped out of the room, trying not to disturb his concentration.
disturb the peace (= end or spoil it )
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Only church bells disturbed the peace.
disturb the silence (= end the silence by making a sound )
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Nothing moved, no sound disturbed the silence.
horrible/disturbing
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A horrible thought struck her: could he be having an affair?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deeply
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For the landed nobility, the impact of Emancipation was deeply disturbing .
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I was deeply disturbed at this.
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Einstein was deeply disturbed by the implications of this collapse, and he refused to believe that it happened.
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I was deeply disturbed by this and quite convinced that it would lead to serious trouble.
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These out-of-position stars indicate that something has deeply disturbed the way things were in the galaxy.
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Had they been deeply disturbed from birth?
emotionally
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Most parents and teachers believe that mOst work-inhibited students are not severely emotionally disturbed .
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I ask Val-does Casey believe he is emotionally disturbed ?
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Anyway, what she does is work with emotionally disturbed people, teaching them to express their innermost feelings through poetry.
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After three months he moved to a half way house for the emotionally disturbed .
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Some 10, 000 seriously emotionally disturbed children under age 18 receive behavioral health services.
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They managed to shift about half of the mentally retarded and emotionally disturbed patients to homes and less restrictive programs.
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But it is a skill to be learned and practiced by the teacher / library media specialist of the emotionally disturbed .
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They included the emotionally disturbed , the retarded and the neurologically damaged.
greatly
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I couldn't possibly know, but that outburst, understandable as it was, greatly disturbed me.
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Despite it, I am quite satisfied that their evenings, their sleep and their general comfort were greatly disturbed .
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And man, lacking such things as machinery, petroleum, pesticides, etc, did not greatly disturb the environment.
mentally
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She was labeled mentally disturbed and put in the psychiatric ward of a small hospital without any administrative procedure.
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Some of the women are mentally disturbed .
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The judgment could lead to the release of dozens of mentally disturbed offenders from high-security hospitals.
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I knew that meant mentally disturbed .
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That, the court heard, gave him the chance to study the behaviour of people who really were mentally disturbed .
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But it is hard for students who have lost their parents or are mentally disturbed .
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Her biggest victory came when a court ruled in May that she is not mentally disturbed .
more
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This close it was more disturbing than ever.
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It is even more disturbing that job market trends in the mid-1990s pulled down new groups of workers.
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Even more disturbing is the culling carried out to protect crops, for example in orchards in the Perth Hills.
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The children became wild, and the atmosphere from day to day grew more disturbing to the rest of the school.
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The other sound was more disturbing still-a faint yet piercing scream, or howl.
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At the Esquire Theater more disturbing things happen.
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When he took a green ribbon from her and tied it loosely round his waist, Joseph was even more disturbed .
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He was more disturbed than that, but I was unable to perceive it.
most
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This was, of course, most disturbing to her parents.
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By far the most disturbing aspect of this corruption is the country's reluctance to punish any of the culprits.
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Regardless of race or class, what people were most disturbed about was the declining quality of their schools.
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However, the most disturbing corruption scandals have concerned not politicians but sportsmen.
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But the most disturbing aspect was the Bay Area consternation about Flood.
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And, most disturbing , Hayley's Mystery Sausage.
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It came as a flash, a most disturbing insight.
particularly
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The situation was particularly disturbing in the state of Bihar, which alone accounted for three-quarters of the latter group.
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But I find them particularly disturbing when related to the death of a refugee seeking asylum in Britain.
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It is particularly disturbed by the imminent introduction of fish which have been fed with mammalian growth hormones.
very
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Female speaker I am very disturbed by people who are therapists who seem to be divulging private information about their clients.
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This is a very disturbing story.
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It has come down to personalities and Julia is very disturbed by it all.
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And there is another very disturbing note.
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This boy, as I have said, is clearly very disturbed .
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That is, they resist three very disturbing experiences: 1.
■ NOUN
peace
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Kenneth Jackson's crooning struck a wrong note with police who arrested him for allegedly disturbing the peace .
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Unfortunately, thoughts of the future Mrs Blue occasionally disturb his growing peace of mind.
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Riders heard disturbing the peace will have their registrations noted, and these will then be passed on to the police.
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When she none the less returned to school, the board president had her arrested for disturbing the peace .
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It disturbed his peace of mind.
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I was also frightened that she wrote to accuse me of disturbing her peace .
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She promised herself never again to disturb the peace of this man's life.
sleep
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A late crow said a word as her entry through the open drive gate disturbed his first sleep .
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Conversely, disturbed sleep patterns can cause periods to become irregular or stop altogether.
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For several nights afterwards nightmares of violence and death disturbed normally peaceful sleep .
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The Catskills peace and quiet deep Have been too much disturbed for sleep .
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Do not disturb this sleep unless there are other indications that the child is not sleeping a peaceful, healing sleep.
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A frequently cited study conducted in Los Angeles yielded some interesting results concerning noise and how it disturbs sleep .
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Afterward, he lay beside her, not moving, not wanting to disturb the deep sleep into which Nina usually drifted.
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Playing Desert Storm on my Sega console had not only eroded my morals, it had disturbed my beauty sleep .
■ VERB
find
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Officers found a disturbing pattern of abuse at the Bristol homes, and the investigation was expanded.
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Agents have also found other disturbing signs.
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But I find them particularly disturbing when related to the death of a refugee seeking asylum in Britain.
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If you find these facts disturbing or hard to believe, do not worry.
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I found it a bit disturbing sometimes but I just had to accept it.
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That finding could be disturbing , because such women run a higher risk.
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Although it has now become a way of life, I still find it disturbing .
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It was a state Riley found disturbing , although Nyrene was more used to it.
hate
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Martin I hate to disturb you when you're cooking the books, but there's a delivery.
seem
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If this frankness made Ramsay a little uncomfortable, it did not seem to disturb the others.
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It seemed a pity to disturb them as we went about our daily chores.
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Her movement seemed to disturb fitzAlan.
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Though his message seemed eccentric and even disturbing to many, Turner climbed in church ranks.
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It seems a grand truth now, though in the morning it may not seem worth disturbing her for.
want
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I didn't want to disturb you.
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There were times he would retreat to his attic room and not want to be disturbed .
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It is a time when people, putting off the reality of Monday morning, don't want to be disturbed .
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If he was working she didn't want to disturb him.
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I didn't want to disturb the family at a moment like this so I came to check in person.
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You don't want us united, disturbing your cosy control.
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She tried not to make a sound, because she didn't want to disturb her husband.
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You might imagine that the Government doesn't want to disturb this particular can of invertebrate, limbless burrowing creatures.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I hate to ask/interrupt/disturb etc
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Martin I hate to disturb you when you're cooking the books, but there's a delivery.
disturb the peace
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Foreigners are seen to contaminate their precious homogeneity and disturb the peace .
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Here a total sense of calm prevails and only church bells disturb the peace .
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In 1668 he found himself in gaol once again, this time on a charge of disturbing the peace .
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Kenneth Jackson's crooning struck a wrong note with police who arrested him for allegedly disturbing the peace .
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Riders heard disturbing the peace will have their registrations noted, and these will then be passed on to the police.
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She promised herself never again to disturb the peace of this man's life.
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The accused batterer was fined $ 150 for disturbing the peace .
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When she none the less returned to school, the board president had her arrested for disturbing the peace .
disturbed sleep
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Conversely, disturbed sleep patterns can cause periods to become irregular or stop altogether.
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Sarah experiences more or less constant pain from a back problem, indigestion, and disturbed sleep.
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This may be associated with disturbed sleep and irritability and so the scratching may not be noticed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Before closing the door to his office, he told his secretary that he was not to be disturbed.
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Cutting down rainforests disturbs the Earth's balance.
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I got undressed in the bathroom to avoid disturbing her.
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I hope my snoring won't disturb you too much.
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It is thought that the intruder was disturbed by a barking dog.
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Loud frogs are disturbing the sleep of local home owners.
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Please avoid disturbing me during the day unless it's an emergency.
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Sorry to disturb you, but could I ask a quick question?
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The high rate of teenage pregnancy disturbs me a great deal.
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Try not to disturb your dad - he's working.
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When drying the flowers, be careful not to disturb the petals.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dash had looked up from his phone one day and seen a growing bureaucracy, and it disturbed him.
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Marquez concluded that the generally disturbed conditions were conducive to his plan.
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Terris does not seem to mind the electricians who undoubtedly disturb him on his preserve.
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The global health scene has been characterised by major steps forward but with some disturbing retrograde features.
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The study also showed a disturbing trend in another area: hours worked.
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These injuries disturb me, for they indicate that some unorthodox methods were being tried.