The details of the kidnaper's letter had sounded disturbingly convincing. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a disturbing increase in the crime rate. From Dictionary.com.
An act that can only be described as disturbingly predatory in nature. ". From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference
"disturbingly" high, particularly in the non-durable goods sector. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But, disturbingly, she couldn't control her thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [The Marriott Hotel, Downtown Brooklyn] Reference
Download the disturbingly cool "Ted Bundy Was a Lady's Man.". From Wordnik.com. [Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 142] Reference
And so on, disturbingly similar to the old communist propaganda. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
There was something disturbingly warm and honest in Garry's eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
And, perhaps most disturbingly, most body image problems don't show. From Wordnik.com. [Ad men today are wrong on body size] Reference
Our first report details a kind of story that's become disturbingly familiar. From Wordnik.com. [Deadly U.S. Raid Sparks Furor Among Afghan Civilians] Reference
Even more disturbingly, some of the child prisoners have ended up on death row. From Wordnik.com. [Criminal Justice System] Reference
The back door in the Silvey home squeaked disturbingly as Mrs. Silvey appeared. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
But that was not the most disturbingly vivid memory which she carried away with her. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
The American primary system, now about 100 years old, is disturbingly antidemocratic. From Wordnik.com. [Poof Goes the Purple Dream] Reference
Deja vu: Talking to K. Mel and some of the others is a disturbingly familiar experience. From Wordnik.com. [Toasting The 'Hood] Reference
He's wearing a t-shirt saying "it's only a gameshow", and a pair of disturbingly tight trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Big Brother 2010 final: the liveblog] Reference
That is way too close to stalling speed ( "disturbingly low," as the J.P. Morgan analysts put it). From Wordnik.com. [Bottom keeps falling out of trade data] Reference
Majid AliNew York, New YorkAmerica's situation in Afghanistan does look disturbingly similar to Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [A Winnable War?] Reference
And there was something eerily, even disturbingly, evocative about the president's speech at Fort Bragg. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Message to GOP] Reference
His self-portraits are disturbingly personal; he opens himself physically and emotionally before the lens. From Wordnik.com. [Shooting Himself] Reference
He was ridiculously conscious of that tense little figure by the fire with the disturbingly friendly eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Jimsy The Christmas Kid] Reference
The following morning, Si'Wren found herself working in the spice tent beside a disturbingly quiet Nelatha. From Wordnik.com. [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference
A twenty percent chance of encountering an online threat on a single search is a disturbingly high fraction. From Wordnik.com. [Why Jessica Biel is a threat to your computer] Reference
Even when engaged in the crucial task of re-establishing security, Baghdad often seemed disturbingly distracted. From Wordnik.com. [How Not To Build A Nation] Reference
Upset by a disturbingly high rate of product breakdowns, he launched a dramatic, even melodramatic, quality drive. From Wordnik.com. [MASTERS OF THE DIGITAL AGE] Reference
Upset by a disturbingly high rate of after-sales repairs, he launched a dramatic, even melodramatic, quality drive. From Wordnik.com. [DIGITAL MASTERS] Reference
In doing so, Mr. Foster joined a distinguished list of of unheralded running backs that is growing disturbingly long. From Wordnik.com. [The NFL's Newest Water Bearer] Reference
His real-life story is disturbingly similar to the plot line in the movie "Rendition" that's coming out this weekend. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2007] Reference
More disturbingly to power users, the maximum built-in storage option -- the only one -- is an 80-gigabyte hard drive. From Wordnik.com. [The Skinny on the MacBook Air] Reference
It happens to be one of the most wildly (and disturbingly) inventive animated films I've seen, but will anyone notice?. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Grow Up Already] Reference
While Litvak's evocation of the hospital's abject milieu is disturbingly frank, there is light at the bottom of this "Pit.". From Wordnik.com. [John Farr: A Tale of Two Sisters: Hollywood's Longest Running Feud] Reference
Don the helmet, and you are instantly immersed in a disturbingly realistic videogame version of an urban Iraqi battleground. From Wordnik.com. [A Virtual Iraq] Reference
According to the "Oxford Companion to Wine," non-believers consider biodynamics an "unscientific and disturbingly irrational cult.". From Wordnik.com. [A Taste of Biodynamics] Reference
Such sounds, coming from he knew not where, fell disturbingly on the unaccustomed ears of a seventeenth-century Judge of Session, and. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Border Marches] Reference
More disturbingly, this is what happens when you treat the arrest of a black man, in his home, as something that can be fixed over beers. From Wordnik.com. [Taylor Marsh: Of Teachable Moments] Reference
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