All 8 Uses of
perturb
in
War and Peace
- After a while he re-entered it as if to snuff the candles, and, seeing the prince was lying on the sofa, looked at him, noticed his perturbed face, shook his head, and going up to him silently kissed him on the shoulder and left the room without snuffing the candles or saying why he had entered.†
Chpt 4
- It was not what he had read that vexed him, but the fact that the life out there in which he had now no part could perturb him.†
Chpt 5
- The count was more perturbed than ever by the condition of his affairs, which called for some decisive action.†
Chpt 7
- When they had been announced a perturbation was noticeable among the servants.†
Chpt 8
- And probably still more perturbed by the fact that he had uttered this obvious falsehood, and that Balashev still stood silently before him in the same attitude of submission to fate, Napoleon abruptly turned round, drew close to Balashev's face, and, gesticulating rapidly and energetically with his white hands, almost shouted: "Know that if you stir up Prussia against me, I'll wipe it off the map of Europe!" he declared, his face pale and distorted by anger, and he struck one of his…†
Chpt 9
- She, seeing herself surrounded by such brilliant and polite young men, beamed with satisfaction, try as she might to hide it, and perturbed as she evidently was each time her husband moved in his sleep behind her.†
Chpt 9
- The question that had perturbed Pierre on the Mozhaysk hill and all that day now seemed to him quite clear and completely solved.†
Chpt 10
- The faces of those who were not conferring together were pale and perturbed.†
Chpt 11 *
Definition:
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(perturb as in: she was perturbed) to disturb in mind or make uneasy