Sentence examples for could be disturbing from inspiring English sources

As for older children, the family troubles could be disturbing.

The quantity of the drink made up for this; though his penchant for "improving" the wine could be disturbing.

The statement warned that the movie could be "disturbing" to children with serious allergies; some people advocated a boycott.

One student particularly expressed fear of detecting predisposition to disease, while another thought that analyzing their own genome might not be more educational and could be disturbing.

All of them said they could imagine how commercialization could be disturbing, but that they couldn't conjure the feeling themselves.

The ruling overturned its decision in an Italian case in 2009 that said the crucifix could be disturbing to non-Christian or atheist pupils.

AGES 3-6 -- Scary moments are relatively mild, but some viewers could be disturbed.

UNDER AGE 9 -- Before the movie was released, its producers warned parents that small children could be disturbed by its situations and developments.

In formal comments on the state's proposed regulations governing new natural gas drilling, the E.P.A. said it was particularly concerned about the regional water supply, air quality, wastewater treatment and radioactive materials that could be disturbed during drilling.

The trio spent the next 12 months designing a home in one of the world's most sensitive ecosystems — none of the 11 threatened plant species on the property could be disturbed — a painstaking process that cost 450,000 Australian dollars (about $356,000 at the time).

The day was dying, sinking into a total and profound silence it was the hush of a landscape, a region, a world that could be disturbed neither by the bell on a donkey's neck nor by the fine patter of a flock of sheep passing the airport.