perturbed
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Loznitsa includes multiple terse scenes of Kornev walking up endless stairs or waiting for a perturbed guard to unlock a door that will lead him to another door that also requires a key.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
“I can’t even believe it,” a visibly perturbed Putin said on camera.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
More curiously, even though U.S. high-yield spreads are at post-1998 lows, few investors seemed to be unduly perturbed here.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 18, 2025
They might be especially perturbed when reminded that the high quality of American health care depends largely on the influx of medical doctors and researchers from around the world.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025
He came forward into the firelight; but most of the company backed away, even more perturbed than before.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing perturbed
A Wrinkle in Time
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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