How to Use disrupt in a Sentence
disrupt
verb- The barking dogs disrupted my sleep.
- The weather disrupted our travel plans.
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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 -
Spiegel says an extra stretchy mesentery could disrupt the structure of the gut.
— Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023 -
Dallas won’t have the chance to even get to Brady or disrupt his throws unless he is forced to hold onto the ball.
— Nick Kehoe, Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023 -
Those efforts to disrupt the elections also came in the form of hacking.
— Brian Bennett, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024 -
That is the pattern the President aims to disrupt, and his plan relies on more than weapons.
— Time, 7 Dec. 2022 -
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 -
Expect Nina and Wylan to disrupt the dynamic among the Crows.
— Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2022 -
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 -
Knowing ahead of time that Bell is not likely to disrupt the chemistry the Guardians built last season is also a plus.
— Joe Noga, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2022 -
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 -
Newborns have a startle reflex that can disrupt their sleep (and yours).
— Dallas News, 12 Jan. 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 -
As such, deliveries into ports up and down the East Coast and the Gulf Coast are being disrupted.
— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2024 -
Those on the right-flank will have an easier time disrupting the status quo next year — and some are already vowing to do so.
— Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024 -
This technique works best on calm days when there’s no strong wind to put slack in your line and there’s no chop on the water to disrupt your presentation.
— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2024 -
Hiring also tailed off at a time when the labor market was disrupted by violent storms in the Southeast as well as two major labor strikes involving dockworkers and Boeing.
— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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