disturbance - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • quell: A large force of military were sent to quell the disturbance and the mob, having burned the effigy, dispersed.
  • minimize: Ideally ponds would be restored over a period of years to minimize disturbance.
  • minimize: Once airborne pilots should fly away from the hill so as to minimize any disturbance to stock or other users.
  • cause: The alarm can cause disturbance to people working in the Library.
  • avoid: We would ask Bird Club members to refrain from visiting the site, which is on private property, to avoid undue disturbance.
  • tolerate: In grasslands, most threatened birds appear to tolerate some disturbance from cattle.

Preposition: in

  • functioning: The inability to make a decision must be caused by an impairment of or disturbance in the functioning of the mind or brain.

Adjective modifier

  • gastrointestinal: Erythromycin Common adverse effects include gastrointestinal disturbances, especially at higher doses.
  • anthropogenic: The long-term data also yield important insights into the effects of anthropogenic disturbances such as fisheries exploitation and pollution.
  • menstrual: Result(s ): Eleven women ( 68.8 % of the women with menstrual disturbances ) experienced more regular cycles during the rapy.
  • behavioral: Officers are being advised to try to " contain rather than restrain " suspects who show signs of " acute behavioral disturbance.
  • metabolic: By taking a multi-disciplinary approach to post-operative hyponatraemia the adverse effects of this metabolic disturbance could be avoided.
  • gastro-intestinal: Patients with cystic fibrosis may be more prone to gastro-intestinal motility disturbances.

Modifies a noun

  • allowance: Information on property demolition disturbance allowance The council pays all expenses relating to the move to alternative accommodation.

Noun used with modifier

  • electrolyte: A low residue diet and correction of fluid and electrolyte disturbances will be necessary.
  • ionospheric: This study reports observations of traveling ionospheric disturbances made in the UK at the time of the total solar eclipse of 11 August 1999.
  • sleep: Sleep disturbance: Keep a diary of how often your sleep is disrupted.
  • noise: There had been no letters from local residents or the police about noise disturbance or trouble at the premises.
  • conduction: Cardiovascular system Tachycardia, hypotension, at times hypertension, conduction disturbance with widening of QRS complex; syncope in association with cardiac arrest.
  • mood: The average is nine episodes of mood disturbance over a lifetime.

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