How to Use disrupt in a Sentence

disrupt

verb

• The barking dogs disrupted my sleep.
• The weather disrupted our travel plans.
• Spiegel says an extra stretchy mesentery could disrupt the structure of the gut.
  — Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
• In Kansas, Emily faces a world disrupted by drought, dust storms and a personal tragedy that leaves her beloved niece on their doorstep.
  — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
• Citi analysts said the Israeli strike will likely not lead to an escalation that disrupts oil supply.
  — Pia Singh, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
• Healthcare is just one of the many sectors that AI can potentially disrupt in a positive manner.
  — Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• Nearby small-town residents said the panels would disrupt popular pastimes such as off-roading and skydiving.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• It’s been found that toxic stress can disrupt the architecture of the developing brain by causing the creation of both too many neurons and too few in harmful ways.
  — Usha Lee McFarling, STAT, 1 Feb. 2023
• His 62-page report argued that the spaceport could disrupt breeding bird seasons and damage everything from water quality to the look of the land.
  — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
• China has responded angrily, saying trade curbs will disrupt supply chains and the global economic recovery.
  — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
• Scheuer allegedly hacked into Disney’s menu creation servers multiple times to manipulate and disrupt the menus, such as changing prices and adding profane language.
  — John Towfighi, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024
• For now, the bottom line is there’s no major cause to worry that a significant snowstorm will heavily disrupt Super Bowl Sunday plans.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
• The walkouts are the latest in a wave of strikes that has disrupted Britons’ lives for months.
  — Danica Kirka, ajc, 3 Apr. 2023
• Or blame a bunch of whistles that disrupted the rhythm of what was a free-flowing game in the first half.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2023
• This is also not the first time a World War II-era bomb has disrupted a sports venue.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 May 2024
• But there are fears shortage of the new naira notes could disrupt the elections itself.
  — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 21 Feb. 2023
• The landslide is one of several recent ones to disrupt rail service in the area.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
• When the balance is disrupted, these same systems can get all out of whack.
  — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 1 May 2024
• Doing so could disrupt patient care — or even lead to death.
  — Sam Sabin, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
• The cut also alerted scientists to the fact that the eruption had disrupted the seafloor, which isn’t easy to spot.
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 7 Sep. 2023
• Microbes in the seafloor sediment that’s disrupted when the ship reaches the seafloor.
  — George Petras, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
• But even with Kerr keying the press, Australia could not disrupt England’s ability to play out of the back.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
• But low spots in the ocean floor, near surf or breaks in sandbars, disrupt that uniform return of water.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024
• The body creates too many abnormal white blood cells, which disrupts the body's healthy blood cells.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
• Hoke is mindful of disrupting team chemistry with payouts to transfers who have yet to play a snap for the Aztecs.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
• But it’s made Beard less of an enigma and that also disrupts some of the show’s original comedic framework.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
• Incoming calls and texts do not disrupt the video or provide extra strain on the phone's battery, Google says.
  — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 15 May 2024
• The neighborhood’s peace is disrupted when a gang of menacing neighbors take over the street.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 28 Aug. 2023
• The storm could cause some power fluctuations, disrupt radio and GPS signals, and push the northern lights to the south.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
• Just as entertainment businesses were disrupted by the global health crisis, so too were the courts, Sammataro said, compounding the typical tedium.
  — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024