The phrase "a disturbing example of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a specific instance or case that illustrates a troubling or unsettling issue or phenomenon.
Example: "The recent events in the city serve as a disturbing example of the growing divide between communities."
Alternatives: "a troubling instance of" or "a concerning case of".
Meanwhile, France has supplied a disturbing example of how terror attacks can generate support for an authoritarian backlash against immigrants and Muslims.
To environmentalists, it was a disturbing example of politics interfering with law enforcement, as well as a blatant attack on the Clean Air Act.
But South Carolina, where the Confederate flag still flies on the grounds of the State Capitol, is a disturbing example of how difficult it is for people of good will to dispose of the toxic layers of bigotry that have accumulated over several long centuries.
In a disturbing example of legal triage, a Florida judge ruled in September that the public defenders' office in Miami-Dade County could refuse to represent many poor defendants arrested on lesser felony charges so that its lawyers could provide a better defense for other clients.
A disturbing example of this failure currently impacts patients living with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), or kidney failure.
It was also chosen by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest mystery films ever made, and is considered a disturbing example of psychological horror.
Mr. Espada's behavior appears to be a particularly disturbing example of the dirty way Albany conducts its business — and how a powerful legislator might get away with it for far too long.
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Since memories are stored in associative networks, with E.M.D.R. therapy it is possible to target a recent or particularly disturbing example of a time when you experienced these negative reactions.
It's a strong, and disturbing, example of government misconduct.
A good, although certainly disturbing, example of this was when, after 38 years -- when my parents had separated, reunited and broken apart for the final time -- several days after my father had left the Apthorp, he took an old family friend to lunch at the Plaza.
