"disturbing by" is not a correct or usable phrase in written English.
Instead, you could use "disturbing" as an adjective to describe the subject or object of the sentence, or "disturbingly" as an adverb to modify the verb. Example: The news was disturbing to hear. She reacted with a disturbing lack of emotion. The disturbingly loud noise woke me up.
The rules are spoken and unspoken, enforced by social pressure but also, in ways that some find increasingly disturbing, by the modesty committees.
An attempt to make the opening of a packet of crisps or sweets in a quiet place less disturbing by doing it very gradually.
It's a provocative premise made disturbing by the power play at its core, and the unabashed glee purgers take in wreaking havoc on the less fortunate.
Nevertheless, inflation again became disturbing by the end of the century, and Diocletian proclaimed his well-known Edictum de Maximis Pretiis, fixing price ceilings for foodstuffs and for goods and services, which could not be exceeded under pain of death.
An amateur baker is hoping to win an annual cake competition with a life-sized replica of Prince George, but her unusual creation has been branded "creepy" and "disturbing" by some.
Loughner had been a student at Pima Community College, but one of the videos he posted online was considered so disturbing by campus administrators that they suspended him in September.
This idea is in line with the report of Tasali [5], who induced impaired glucose tolerance in healthy volunteers by disturbing sleep by means of acoustical stimulation for three consecutive nights.
The gemstone-colored rugs by Inigo Elizalde and the slightly disturbing art by Melodie Mousset enhanced the room's dark, over-the-top look.
Personified by the "birther" movement, it is driven to a disturbing degree by racism.
It is poetic and disturbing, backed by the full force of its history without being diminished by it.
The meaning of sexual consent is often misunderstood in disturbing ways by young people.
