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Recent Examples of disorient In this twilight zone, extreme closeups of Maddie and Frank’s terrified eyes, the sudden depiction of the road in soft focus, and the forest’s AI-like rendering are downright disorienting. Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025 We Americans are disoriented, complex some injured... any kind efforts to invite us back to our humanity... Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025 They’re totally disoriented and frightened. Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025 The toxic algae leads to the neurotoxin domoic acid to work its way up the food chain, from fish to the sea lions and other marine life that eat them, which then leads to sea lions coming ashore disoriented with their mouths foaming and sometimes dead. Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disorient
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Verb
  • Rob Lowe was recently confused for another celebrity during a Hollywood bus tour.
    Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • For decades, audiences have confused the two for one another — a line that's gotten all the more blurry as the Grammy winner launched her acting career and the Emmy winner began singing in multiple projects, including her turn as Sally Bowles in the 2014 Broadway revival of Cabaret.
    Dave Quinn, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Across the street, her husband Steve, who nursed Molly through her first fight with breast cancer a few years earlier, sits bewildered in the office of their couples therapist.
    Judy Berman, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Carlie thinks the whole thing is hilarious, and Chelsea remains bewildered by any King Cake Baby obsession.
    Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Pritzker’s roughly 10-minute interview followed a week when Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs roiled stock markets and left American investors, businesses and the nation’s trading partners perplexed about what the president is attempting to achieve.
    Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Curious onlookers can expect to catch a glimpse of the full moon's peak at 8:22 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on April 12, 2025, yet the lack of a rosy hue may leave many people perplexed.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The idea that children are not routinely exposed to stories about gender and sexuality would baffle anyone with even a passing familiarity with the Disney canon.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
  • With a fastball that tops out around 87 mph, Barrett finds other ways to baffle hitters.
    Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier this year, Gen Zers were puzzled by a classic millennial fashion staple: 6-inch high heels.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
  • At one point, McKinstry retreated to the dugout frustrated after another puzzling at-bat.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Disorient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disorient. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.

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