disturbing

They received Pierre in their small, new drawing-room, where it was impossible to sit down anywhere without disturbing its symmetry, neatness, and order; so it was quite comprehensible and not strange that Berg, having generously offered to disturb the symmetry of an armchair or of the sofa for his dear guest, but being apparently painfully undecided on the matter himself, eventually left the visitor to settle the question of selection.

You and I, therefore, who both love him, though in different ways, should make it our business to protect him from all disturbing influences.

As to disturbing you I shall soon learn to avoid doing that, for I hate disturbing people.

Occasionally, a name was followed simply by the remark, "II days, for disturbing the peace," and without comment upon the justice or injustice of the sentence.

Meantime, the purpose of the Governor, in disturbing the peace of the town at a period when the slightest commotion might throw the country into a ferment, was almost the universal subject of inquiry, and variously explained.

You understand that nothing is more disturbing than the upsetting of a preconceived idea.

But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning!

We have said it time and time over that the manner in which we conduct elections in our country is disturbing. Since 1999, and even before, we have had so many challenges when it comes to conducting elections.

A media statement from police says it is disturbing that a newspaper can publish a false and unsubstantiated story.

The video tells people where and how they can best see the creatures without disturbing them.