1 The clergyman, therefore, hearing no symptoms of disturbance, uncovered his eyes and looked about him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL 2 Not with pleasure, though I was bound to him by so many ties; no; with considerable disturbance, some mortification, and a keen sense of incongruity.
3 The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way.
4 He connects his illness with great disturbance and agitation, naturally, and that's the figure, or the simile, or whatever it's called, which he chooses to use.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME 5 Mr. Micawber's answer expressed the disturbance of his mind.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP 6 I shut the door after him, that it might cause no disturbance of the quiet that prevailed; and when I turned back, I found Mr. Peggotty still talking to her.
7 I found myself in the condition of a schoolmaster, a trap, a pitfall; of always playing spider to Dora's fly, and always pouncing out of my hole to her infinite disturbance.
8 And as a fact, in such cases the emotional disturbance set up in Alexey Alexandrovitch by the sight of tears found expression in hasty anger.
9 His chief object, to define the position with the least amount of disturbance possible, would not be attained by divorce either.
10 Maria felt her triumph, and pursued her purpose, careless of Julia; and Julia could never see Maria distinguished by Henry Crawford without trusting that it would create jealousy, and bring a public disturbance at last.
11 By sitting together upstairs, they avoided a great deal of the disturbance of the house; Fanny had peace, and Susan learned to think it no misfortune to be quietly employed.
12 He turned with a sigh to the book, which had been the innocent cause of all this disturbance.
13 He could see from a disturbance in the lines of her face that something had happened.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues 14 He was still suffering from this sudden disturbance of the quiet routine of his life.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS 15 His complexion became pale with anger, and the disturbance of his mind was visible in every feature.