How To Use Upsetting In A Sentence

He seems intent on upsetting everyone in the room!
An odd hairy quadruped is upsetting residents of Scott Town, Jamaica, again. Archive 2008-06-01
Yet, going to their house could be mildly upsetting.
New hardware, software, networking gear, and wireless devices are being woven together by the connective power of the Internet into a potent, upsetting force.
Instead of blaming her for upsetting the family, take a more constructive approach. The Sun

Any hopes Wasps had of upsetting that plan were dashed by an England flyhalf almost forgotten in the blitz of publicity surrounding their own. The Sun
It was a cot death and was very upsetting for the whole family. The Sun
One is the diplomatic sensitivity about upsetting Japan after the worst earthquake and tsunami in its history. Times, Sunday Times
Threatening to withhold sacraments to punish people for their political leanings is upsetting to people in many different faiths. Bishop Raymond Burke Crosses Political Line
Pamela Stephenson is upsetting the apple cart with her war against harmful pesticides in our food.
Few people would have taken the plunge to read it at all had they not been reassured that it would not be overly upsetting. Times, Sunday Times
Particularly upsetting was the fact that our integrity and honesty was being called into question.
But Ireland have always enjoyed upsetting the odds. The Sun
It was so upsetting that thousands of letters poured into the White House once President Roosevelt announced the date change.
Through careful planning people can avoid inheritance tax, which can come as a nasty shock at what is bound to be an upsetting time.
This would not be so upsetting were it not for the fact that sports stadiums have been accepted as a "public use" for eminent domain purposes, so that government can take people's homes from them in order to build these stadiums -- hardly the sort of thing the authors of the Fifth Amendment considered a public use. Sports Stadiums, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
If you persist in upsetting her, I will have to punish you.
The media are seemingly hounding them at every opportunity, upsetting and unsettling the squad.
The 6-5 junior swingman is the 11th-seeded Cowboys 'best shooter and its best shot at upsetting Gonzaga. USATODAY.com - Unheralded players will become stars
It was a cot death and was very upsetting for the whole family. The Sun
Yet an earlier scene where she gags doing a medical test for money is almost as upsetting. Times, Sunday Times
These cooperators were not utopians, but rather male heads of households seeking to make it to old age without upsetting the status quo.
This 'tropism' has been classically exhibited in the events surrounding the recent and intensely upsetting Flotilla incidents. Qanta Ahmed, MD: Israel and the Flotilla: On the Dangers of a Binary View
Somin liked this idea in the first place: because it might work without being completely politically unfeasible on account of upsetting a long list of powerful interest groups. The Volokh Conspiracy » A Creative Proposal for Reducing Prison Rape
They seemed unconcerned about the doubts you expressed, which was upsetting. Times, Sunday Times
The idea that our home may be demolished is undeniably upsetting, but the even greater threat is the possibility that this process could bog down in an interminable morass of political and bureaucratic indecision, with no clear answers at all. Argh!
At this stage, I was finding it upsetting, seeing a close relation, who once knew me well, so disorientated.
To witness this person struggle against and overcome the worst kind of ugliness humanity has to offer was both upsetting and inspiring. The Sun
The number of charity shops in one of Britain's most affluent towns is upsetting local businesses. Times, Sunday Times
First a drunken tramp got on and started bawling and shouting and generally upsetting people.
But Ireland have always enjoyed upsetting the odds. The Sun
Since our island is in the Auckland City area we get to choose the mayor from among an assortment of National Party have-beens - a liberal one and an illiberal one - and an entrepreneur bent on not upsetting the chicken coop.
It is upsetting to discover that you have backed a loser.
Andrew's always had that happy knack of cutting straight to the chase, delighting and upsetting in roughly equal measures.
This appears to confirm Napier and Jost's contention that right wing political beliefs can guard against the potentially upsetting effects of inequality.
I find this upsetting because most economists are victims of, as François Guillaumat would put it, the “Friedman Paradox”: they preach scientistic pseudo-experimentalism as the only methodology and epistemology but they act as if their beliefs, including their philosophical ones, were apodictically certain. The Austrian Economists:
She also said taunts and jibes about her old, unnatural look had been upsetting. The Sun
To avoid upsetting the kids, Dad spoke to Mum more than once in private, telling her to put a sock in it.
Flimsy storylines concentrate on chaste boy-girl relationships, with hip-grinding dance numbers providing enough sex to titillate the audience without upsetting India's puritanical film censors.
Traditional herbalists valued coriander, especially to counteract the stomach-upsetting properties of laxative herbs such as buckthorn, cascara, rhubarb and senna.
It was an outrageous act and what was really upsetting from my point of view is that the referee did not look at it.
In appropriate touching, staring, and verbiage is also upsetting, disconcerting, or distracting to many people as well. Do you think "Consent is Sexy"?
Lou Lou did a poo on Amee's bed and Amee yelled at Rene like she yells at Joe, like she yelled at me once recently, it is really rather upsetting when Amee gets mad.
She knows how important it is to avoid upsetting people at a difficult time like this. The Sun
I would almost literally recoil in horror from the book on the bed beside me and my husband would say "why are you reading that if it's so upsetting? Don't touch that
We sat down to lunch and discussed petty things and neatly sidestepped upsetting topics.
She finds the divorce too upsetting to talk about.
Any hopes Wasps had of upsetting that plan were dashed by an England flyhalf almost forgotten in the blitz of publicity surrounding their own. The Sun
He said at the time: 'It is appalling and very upsetting. The Sun
You run the risk of upsetting the balance of nature, or physics, or whatever.
Pamela Stephenson is upsetting the apple cart with her war against harmful pesticides in our food.
Why does he not come straight out and say that he wants all landlords to evict every tenant who might be accused of upsetting the next door neighbour.
Nonetheless, we need to make use of all available political, diplomatic, economic and legal channels to prevent Venezuela from developing a nuclear weapons capability, going rogue, upsetting the balance of the Latin American NWFZ, and punching yet another hole in an already weather-beaten global nonproliferation framework. Rizwan Ladha: Venezuela Is Going Nuclear, and We Should Be Worried
Rowland moves outside the establishment - in fact, he likes nothing better than upsetting it.
You will win a really cool prize. A prize so cool, I can't even tell you what it is at risk of upsetting contestants who don't win.
I had lost all belief in myself, which was more upsetting given how well I had started.
The article is about how to adapt air hammer to perform local upsetting operation.
Well done Geoffrey, you have successfully tiptoed around all those 600lb gorillas in the room without upsetting them. manasota The Guardian World News
With no-one wishing to appear insensitive or dull-witted the audience gives an enthusiastic response, thereby upsetting Nero.
The girl seems worried about upsetting him or making him angry.
But Ireland have always enjoyed upsetting the odds. The Sun
The haematologist looked so stricken when he gave us the six-month deadline that neither of us felt we could react or cry then and there, for fear of upsetting him more. A letter to … my husband, who is soon to be a widower
Traditional herbalists valued coriander, especially to counteract the stomach-upsetting properties of laxative herbs such as buckthorn, cascara, rhubarb and senna.
This is an act of desecration and vandalism and it is very disappointing from our point of view and upsetting for visitors that this property has been stolen.
Childhood illness can be upsetting for children and parents alike.
Would they really tell me something upsetting? Times, Sunday Times
First a drunken tramp got on and started bawling and shouting and generally upsetting people.
Use your diary to help you identify what may be upsetting your guts. Times, Sunday Times
This was especially upsetting, as I hadn't had spaghetti carbonara for ages.
‘Let me make it absolutely plain that of course burglary is an enormously upsetting offence,’ he said.
There appears no appetite for introducing such a law and given this government's general wariness about upsetting businesses that is not surprising.
I would have left "le chou en question" somewhere along a Sicilian or an Italian field and it would have carried on with its rotting process without upsetting anyone. Clandestin - French Word-A-Day
It seems very uncaring and inconsiderate when you think how upsetting this whole thing is for the teachers and children.
an upsetting experience
The shock in Kemp's face registered with Lettice, and she made an abrupt movement, upsetting her glass. IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE
For a recently bereaved spouse, finding this out is upsetting at a difficult time. Times, Sunday Times
If it was upsetting to war veterans, last Sunday's barely-there official commemoration of VE day presumably satisfied one leading non-participant.
The problem is the way these are disrupting habits you think of as sacrosanct and upsetting relations with loved ones. Times, Sunday Times
If something's upsetting her on the home front, she might be trying to get her moms attention - even if it means dogging her.
Rabbits have been in abundance in the area this year and have been upsetting some grieving relatives by eating flowers and wreaths from the graves.
The need for a drink kept pushing its way into his mind, upsetting his concentration. STAGE FRIGHT
Fair enough, it is upsetting when people who don't know any better rush to cast aspersions on a band they aren't even in, but that's the nature of art.
The bishop ended by apologising for upsetting his flock and saying he had been honoured to serve the Church.
All were upsetting too many vested interests. Times, Sunday Times
He uses effects to create upsetting organic images a la David Fincher, though where Fincher uses dirty yellows and negative bleeds, Cunningham uses steely grays and lens flares.
His daughter, now a healthy toddler, had open-heart surgery when she was a few weeks old, a time he remembers as traumatic and upsetting.
And because I'm her granddaughter, she is going to worry more about upsetting me than about being honest, maybe.
Instead of blaming her for upsetting the family, take a more constructive approach. The Sun
I was part of the venire for a truly horrible case of child molestation, and while prepared to do it, I was very relieved not to be chosen as it sounded as if the evidence would be very graphic and upsetting. Discourse.net: Jury Duty Today
These were upsetting photos of effects of people burned by napalm and vegetation devastated by Agent Orange.
He is getting more publicity from upsetting people than he does for trying to make them laugh. The Sun
I must decline the offer of spending a day on the busy promenade with a landau as I would find the experience far too upsetting.
Few people would have taken the plunge to read it at all had they not been reassured that it would not be overly upsetting. Times, Sunday Times
Vegetably, sweet and synthetic, this is genuinely upsetting. Times, Sunday Times
They seemed unconcerned about the doubts you expressed, which was upsetting. Times, Sunday Times
What emerges from this sulphurous brew is hugely funny and upsetting - a tale of disappointed revenge and unexpected atonement.
Most of the blogs against Llais Gwynedd have been set up by Plaid themselves worried about upsetting the status quop in Gwynedd and Cymuned members. Yet more strangeness from Llais Gwynedd
Sometimes even generals have to frag their superiors, if their superiors obviously are going to lead them to disaster, but they can enforce change without upsetting political appearances.
She now says all the to-ing and froing is too upsetting and is moving out completely. The Sun
This new crossing and medalling is the devil's own notion for upsetting a solid British line, and tempting fellows to get invalided that they may blaze it before the shopkeepers and their wives in the city. Beauchamp's Career — Volume 1
NEW DELHI - NEW DELHI, India - They say it takes a thief to catch a thief, but India's Delhi Metro has hired a monkey to frighten off other monkeys from boarding trains and upsetting passengers.
To see both cars colliding is upsetting. The Sun
Remember you are putting organic matter into your tank, but you will not be upsetting the bacteria living in your filter.
If you really can't stick him and you really don't want him anywhere near your big day, it might be worth upsetting her a little bit.
Hours later she was able to tell them, in grim, upsetting detail, precisely what she had done.
Ideas from abroad - notably the playful distortions of Italian Mannerism - eventually crowd into the tradition established by Van Eyck, upsetting its careful measure.
But Ireland have always enjoyed upsetting the odds. The Sun
The situation is disagreeable to Japan, but Tokyo has put up with it to avoid upsetting bilateral relations.
Given that we live in an increasingly psychologized and psychiatrized climate, you might be inclined toward interpreting uncomfortable or upsetting feelings as a sign that something is wrong with you. OUR BODIES, OURSELVES
Flash impetus and adopting projection anulus controlling upsetting, steady speed flash and quality of butt welding point is well.
He will give up sooner if you ignore his taunts and he is deprived of the pleasure of upsetting you. The Sun
USIA was disbanded, but the diplomats of the State Department have little interest in upsetting other countries by defending broadcasting or circumvention efforts. The VOA Is Losing Its Voice
Charlie hadn't even mentioned the entertaining encounter in the hay barn, for fear of upsetting her. TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS
The defence using male pronouns is particularly upsetting it really feels like they’re trampling on everyone’s memories of her. Angie Zapata murder trial – has the trans panic defence been undermined?
The lessons were free, so I'm not worried about upsetting anyone.
The wall-to-wall coverage will be welcomed by sports fans but risks upsetting viewers used to watching their favourite shows at certain times. The Sun
Her father scolded her for upsetting her mother.
I grant that it must have been upsetting but even so I think she made a bit of a fuss.
It is asphalted and the gradient runs south to north up to the village temple, except near the village pond where a culvert has raised the road surface, upsetting the natural gradient.
Certainly it was a shocking and upsetting moment when his punishment was meted out to him with so little justice, especially when he is told that he must become a Christian.
She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents.
The problem is the way these are disrupting habits you think of as sacrosanct and upsetting relations with loved ones. Times, Sunday Times
Instead, you will probably talk compassionately to her, put an arm around her, see what is so upsetting, and inspire her with words that will keep her optimistic and inspired.
To witness this person struggle against and overcome the worst kind of ugliness humanity has to offer was both upsetting and inspiring. The Sun
It is a frustrating and upsetting time with regular visits to the hospital for blood tests and transfusions.
Baffling the meteorologists and weathermen and upsetting the rhythm of life of millions, the Monsoon failed last year despite the predictions of good rain.
He's really angry at/with me for upsetting Sophie.
I will never see him again and that is a terribly upsetting thought.
It was quite upsetting for the rest of the players, from both sides, and very stressful.
He could not repeat his Bristol explosiveness, with the slower, variable bounce upsetting his ability to hit cleanly.
Bridge = the card game (also called "Bridge" in French = jouer au bridge = to play bridge); une mauvaise perdante = a sore loser; une poignée (f) = a fistful; Tu dois déplacer une de ces baguettes sans déranger les autres = you must move one of these sticks without upsetting the others; un tas (m) = heap, pile; la balle (f) = ball; sans déranger le tas = without upsetting the heap Mauvais perdant - French Word-A-Day
Yet an earlier scene where she gags doing a medical test for money is almost as upsetting. Times, Sunday Times
Lorry guiltily watched Stephen disappear through the trees, aware that something was upsetting him.
The writing is very good indeed; and the cast responds with some powerful, moving, upsetting, sometimes funny but always bitterly truthful acting.
Several people at this fine publication found the article upsetting, in poor taste, unfunny and absurd.
My friends seem reluctant to introduce me to anybody they know for fear of upsetting my ex. Times, Sunday Times
Yet he had no qualms about upsetting me. The Sun
They are such haters that upsetting normal people leading everyday happy lives is their real kick.
She was a fascinating speaker who was able to explain in the simplest of terms the huge complexities of Iraq and the dangers of upsetting the power balance in that volatile region.
We risk upsetting the ecological balance of the area.
I told him how upsetting, and authoritarian, and ultimately how absurd, the whole experience had been.
I guess that is something that can be a bit hurtful or upsetting for me to ponder.
Stop playing fast and loose with that girl's feelings can't you see you're upsetting her?
The problem is the way these are disrupting habits you think of as sacrosanct and upsetting relations with loved ones. Times, Sunday Times
The Esplanade has become a meeting place for boy racers, bogans, and others out for a good time, upsetting the peace and quiet residents once enjoyed.
Try to avoid shouting at him or upsetting him emotionally.
Striking at or otherwise upsetting the center of gravity can cause the object to lose its balance, or equilibrium, and fall to the ground.
Childhood illness can be upsetting for children and parents alike.
Would they really tell me something upsetting? Times, Sunday Times
These days, bone in any form seems to be off restaurant menus for fear of upsetting lily-livered diners who might need smelling salts after being reminded that what they are eating once had something to do with an animal.
We understand that this has been a very upsetting experience for them but we would like to emphasise that such cases are very rare. Transplant patients given kidneys from donor with cancer
If you wear odd clothes, have an upsetting laugh or dare to answer back, you will become immortal. Times, Sunday Times
It seems to be bad boy season right now – "caddish" Charles Spencer snaring yet another fiancee, Shane Warne upsetting Liz Hurley, Berlusconi… being Berlusconi. Idolising bad boys makes Charlies of us all | Barbara Ellen
She had to be careful how she worded the question, for fear of upsetting or angering the short-tempered man.
This new crossing and medalling is the devil's own notion for upsetting Beauchamp's Career — Complete
I like your idea that this kind of dismissal is a way of pushing upsetting, dangerous fiction aside. Family Happiness « Tales from the Reading Room
Because they are always accompanied by a public display of aggression and anger, which I find upsetting.
The European members are afraid of upsetting the delicate balance of political interests.
A few newspapers did carry the story but wildly distorted the facts, greatly upsetting the brothers.
Her father scolded her for upsetting her mother.
Children can sort through the manageable bins without standing on tiptoes or upsetting a whole shelf.
He said at the time: 'It is appalling and very upsetting. The Sun
Anyway its friday can't be upsetting the faithful on their holyday. THOSE PESKY "MILITANTS"
‘The course covered forge welding, annealing, drawing out, fullering, upsetting, and most aspects of traditional blacksmithing.’
To see both cars colliding is upsetting. The Sun
It is upsetting, nay distressing, to read that Leeds United Football Club may be forced into administration with debts totalling eighty-one million pounds.
He has a positive genius for upsetting people.
She also said taunts and jibes about her old, unnatural look had been upsetting. The Sun
The result shows that the forecast controller exhibits excellent performance on eliminating synchronism of upsetting force in flash butt welding.
Of course these incidents are upsetting to those affected in a way other people cannot understand.
She also said taunts and jibes about her old, unnatural look had been upsetting. The Sun
Remember you are putting organic matter into your tank, but you will not be upsetting the bacteria living in your filter.
Remember you are putting organic matter into your tank, but you will not be upsetting the bacteria living in your filter.
Names such as ammoniated tincture of valerian can safely be revealed without upsetting the psychological applecart.
This appears to confirm Napier and Jost's contention that right wing political beliefs can guard against the potentially upsetting effects of inequality.
The thought of being cast out is quite upsetting. The Sun
So, to think about if for very long is quite overwhelming, upsetting and very sad.
Now he was worried about upsetting her, and part of him hated the feeling.
To his supporters, he is a truth teller, a policy innovator who is liberated enough from the department's clubby confines to speak his mind, even at the risk of upsetting diplomatic strategies.
I have always found this upsetting as an environmentalist, just as the current scandal infuriates me as a typographer.
She also said taunts and jibes about her old, unnatural look had been upsetting. The Sun
It’s so upsetting to see pundits just spout off bs they read in annotated textbooks of political theory and not open a friggin book or read the newspaper of another country. Matthew Yglesias » By Request: The Case for Parliamentarism
He has a positive genius for upsetting people.
She knows how important it is to avoid upsetting people at a difficult time like this. The Sun
Okay, so it's not going to be Kobe versus LeBron from the tip-off on Thursday after the Orlando Magic spoiled the highly-anticipated showdown by upsetting the Cleveland Cavaliers to advance to a title tussle with the Los Angeles Lakers. TrinidadExpress Today's News
She wasn't going to have a man trying to rule her, or upsetting her delicate balancing act with the disputatious factions of her court and council; nor would she have a son grow up to become a focus of opposition.
However, I can say with certainty that Lost is disappointing me on the regular, and the whiteness and maleness and boringness and fantasy crap (I believe that is spoiler free, we can get specific up in the comments) is upsetting me. Things to Know
Yet he had no qualms about upsetting me. The Sun
‘Oh, I'm so terribly sorry’, he adds, thoroughly mortified, reaching for a napkin and upsetting the table again.
If you persist in upsetting her[Sentence dictionary], I will have to punish you.
But that might be less upsetting to witness than the scene here in Addis, where uncomplaining Ethiopians submit humbly to the bitter caprice of clinical selection.
But it is also upsetting to know that you have missed out again on a donor kidney. Times, Sunday Times
That in itself will trigger profoundly upsetting and painful emotions, particularly as you feel unable to talk to anybody. Times, Sunday Times
I didn't mention it because I was afraid of upsetting him/afraid I might upset him.
We were constantly walking on eggshells because we were worried about upsetting him in case it would cause a situation.
It's completely untrue and frankly these rumours are upsetting for everyone involved.
Furious that stubborn resistance by the Belgian forts at Liège was upsetting the timetable of the Schlieffen Plan, German officers warned that if the invaders were not permitted to pass, zeppelins would destroy the city. Castles of Steel
It's been upsetting because we have lost a lot of our local customers, who are our main supporters.
It's completely untrue and frankly these rumours are upsetting for everyone involved.
Like a number of other similar heretics, I believe that - upsetting as this may be to many, and provoking once again the fury of transplant surgeons - people from whom organs are harvested for transplants are not necessarily dead.

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