I was in great perturbation over being fired. From LearnThat.org.
Holes appear only if a finite perturbation is applied to the layer for accelerations a above 10g. From Wordnik.com. [Faraday's Wave Garden] Reference
The tech bubble burst and 9/11 both resulted in significant short term perturbation of economic trend lines. From Wordnik.com. [Lean Left » Blog Archive » Record Revenues, Eh?] Reference
The perturbation was a single extra 'spike', or nerve impulse, introduced to a single neuron in the brain of a rat. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
“foreign” is defined as perturbation of the system above a certain threshold. From Wordnik.com. [The Impulse of Breathing] Reference
But this kind of perturbation was only the result of what had arisen from the very nature of Genji's character. From Wordnik.com. [Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan] Reference
Glass-Eye, in her perturbation, served Lily first. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
The aged professor and Andy Sudds showed no perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
The Rabbi walked up and down the room in great perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
From her low chair Flora spoke laughingly of Ella's perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [The Coast of Chance] Reference
He stopped, and turned away from her, concealing his perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
"We surely must move out," the oil man said, in much perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
The girl observed his perturbation and shrewdly guessed the reason. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
If this other comet did not have the predicted orbit -- perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Giles came into the kitchen in great perturbation about twelve o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [Odd] Reference
"And I'd like to know what?" demanded that youth, in great perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
She drew back with an apology uttered in Gaelic in her hurried perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
"Old friends, Jim?" asked Berwick who was quick to note the lad's perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys in Frisco] Reference
His perturbation was so sincere that Smith turned back in the doorway to reassure him. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
I might cause thee perturbation; 'and she smiled rather cynically, or Chios thought so. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
All his shameful perturbation vanished, a trifling thing before the great Perturber's presence. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
And Judith who, in her perturbation, had not seen him before, started violently at the words and tone. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
But, joyous as the discovery was, the making of it had actually increased the perturbation of his mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
Many are tempted to write off the new anti-Americanism as a temporary perturbation, or mere resentment. From Wordnik.com. [Dream On, America] Reference
Every soul in the boat was seized with the same perturbation, but it manifested itself in different ways. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
Miss Loriner, recognizing the girl's perturbation of mind, took her ahead, thus foiling the intentions of. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Paddington] Reference
Every soul in the boat were seized with the same perturbation, but it manifested itself in different ways. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
Then another shadow came upon the blinds -- a man's, striding for a little back and forward, as if in perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
But there was not the slightest appearance of perturbation in the manner or look of his antagonist, as he answered. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
She was soon ready, and without any apparent perturbation accompanied her lover to the place where Chios was confined. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
"Yonder's a daring knave, your Majesty," with some perturbation observed the prelate who stood near the emperor's chair. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
But that his breath came a little faster, Fairfield gave no sign of the perturbation that Heldon Foyle's presence caused him. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
"I would not starve in Dunderave so long as the nut and bramble were there," said Gilian, rejoicing in her kindly perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
This was soon crystallized, for Mr. Wintermuth's opening words wakened the active interest and lively perturbation of every man. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
It was five minutes before he entered his chief's tent with the liquor, and found there matter enough to double his perturbation. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Gradually I became calmer; the excitement and perturbation of my mind began to subside, and at length I felt as though I could sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
I have left this little creature in his hands like a toy, and I begin to fear lest I should have caused some perturbation in his mind. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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