Sentence examples for were upsetting from inspiring English sources
verb
To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- I'm sure the bad news will upset him, but he needs to know.
I was bringing in computer systems that were upsetting the power structure of the whole company.
Mr. Hightower realized too late that his comments were upsetting his trustees, he said in the 1996 interview.
He told Ritte that he believed what the elders said: that monk seals didn't belong here and were upsetting the natural balance Hawaiians depended on.
Returning from exile in Silesia, John Casimir built an international coalition against the Swedes, whose successes were upsetting the balance of power.
They were upsetting to write, but this is what happens when you form a partnership with the person whose story you are telling together.
In a response to allegations when her book was released last year, Ms Dunham took to Twitter to defend herself saying that news stories which claimed she molested her little sister were "upsetting and disgusting".
They were upset by that".
Of course they were upset.
