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How to use the word Disturbing in a Sentence? Page #12

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It is disturbing, to say the least, to hear Dr Chung Mong-joon describe FIFA as a' corrupt organization' during a press conference announcing Dr Chung Mong-joon candidacy, even more so when one recalls, and as Dr Chung can not have forgotten, that Dr Chung was Dr Chung and a FIFA emergency committee member for 17 years from 1994 until 2011.

Swiss Blatter

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The recent reports that Planned Parenthood has sold the tissue of unborn babies for profit is deeply disturbing. This is simply unacceptable.

Senate Republicans

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The CSRC is only targeting those who use program trading to frequently submit and then cancel bids, thus disturbing the market and manipulating prices, such a practice is closely watched by regulators in the U.S. as well.

Wang Feng

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Many of these crimes were committed in the United States, which is especially disturbing.

Richard Blumenthal

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is one of the most disturbing cases of public corruption this office has investigated, his conduct is at the root of the fiscal issues that continue to plague the city of Harrisburg today.

Attorney General Kathleen Kane

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I found it very disturbing and inappropriate.

Malcolm Hoenlein

Found on CNN
8 years ago

History is sort of repeating itself. ... It's disturbing.

William Pugh

Found on CNN
9 years ago

A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system, humanity is called to recognise the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it.

Pope Francis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

She called at the top of her voice, 'Hey, Kamau, why are you so far behind and this boy is disturbing me?' no man was with her -- she is probably a widow -- but she was able to save herself.

Sheila Kariuki

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It is a disturbing development and escalatory development, one which heightens our need to make the Chinese understand that their actions are in violation of international law and their actions are going to be condemned by everyone in the world, we are not going to have a conflict with China but we can take certain measures which will be a disincentive to China to continue these kinds of activities.

Republican Sen. John McCain

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

These camps keep our memories alive, despite all the adversity out there, there are unfortunately incidents again and again such as the theft of the Dachau gate last year that are disturbing.

Chancellor Angela Merkel

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's disturbing when you have what amounts to American soldiers viewing American citizens somehow as the enemy.

Antonio French

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I certainly find it ironic that a university that has dedicated itself to the advancement of medicine and biology would find displaying medically accurate fetal models disturbing and offensive, i mean, these are images shown in high school textbooks.

Andrew Guernsey

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is a very disturbing scene.

Julian Reichelt

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The murder of Joan Kagezi should only serve to increase our resolve to hunt down and bring to justice all those elements bent on disturbing the security and development of our country.

Kale Kayihura

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I find Indiana’s new law disturbing, particularly at a time when more and more states and people in America are embracing civil rights for everyone, washington will join other states and cities in opposing this law and I will impose an administration-wide ban on state-funded travel to Indiana.

Jay Inslee

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I would love for Bergdahl to elaborate on the 'disturbing circumstances' that were going on in his unit, because I have no idea what he would be referring to. I am an open book and would testify to anything.

Evan Buetow

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It's very disturbing that you would have an arbitrary and significant buffer zone that would absolutely apply regardless of the circumstances.

William Jacobson

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's not only disturbing, it's disheartening because our companies have zero tolerance for labor abuses, these type of things flourish in the shadows.

Gavin Gibbons

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Holding a witness to alleged military crimes incommunicado for six days is a profoundly disturbing abuse of authority that has become commonplace under martial law.

Brad Adams

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is incredibly disturbing, as this university has long been a model for campus safety, including being ranked amongst the safest campuses in California.

President Tomas Morales

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I heard, also, very disturbing stories about harassment, for instance, intimidation during Ramadan - children in schools were expected to break their fasting on Ramadan.

Heiner Bielefeldt

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I heard, also, very disturbing stories about harassment, for instance, intimidation during Ramadan -- children in schools were expected to break their fasting on Ramadan.

Heiner Bielefeldt

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I find that photo a little disturbing, because all the gazes are going into different directions, there are clearly some mixed emotions here. And that is the DRC. It is a very complex country, and it is not always easy to read which signs are being communicated. There is a state of tension and confusion.

Photographer Leonard Pongo

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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