Sentence examples for a string of disturbing from inspiring English sources

And he recounts a string of disturbing recent incidents: a man who was fatally stabbed on Washington Avenue, and another who was shot and injured on St . Johns Place

The breach of security around the building was another in a string of disturbing setbacks for the military and police forces in Pakistan.

The last 12 months have proved an especially turbulent period for race relations after a string of disturbing police killings of unarmed black men and boys, including Eric Garner in New York and Michael Brown in Ferguson.

In the space of a single week, a string of disturbing military and political events revealed not just the extraordinary burdens that lie ahead for the Americans and Afghans toiling to create a stable nation, but the fragility of the very enterprise itself.

In it, a small town is beset by a string of disturbing crimes, including a suicide, the torture of a mentally challenged boy and more.

Detectives and acquaintances of Phillips who were interviewed Wednesday presented a picture of a bitter, distraught man who was disturbed by a string of personal and financial losses over recent years: his business, his wife, and, ultimately, the legal battles he had mounted to win compensation for his lost company.

They had just negotiated one Champions League qualifying round and seen off a string of helpless or hapless Celtic managers - Liam Brady, Lou Macari and Tommy Burns - with Wim Jansen barely threatening to disturb the peace in Smith's blue heaven.

simple string n. a string of type simple-string.

A string of expletives.

It has suffered a string of setbacks.

A string of Louisiana archetypes followed.