disoblige

Example Sentences

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This made them laugh, and then they questioned me about Saint James, and the troops there, and the captain-general; and not to disoblige them, I told them all I knew, and much more. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

But there again—he could not be vicious simply to oblige these ladies, or rather to disoblige them; he must be what it seemed good to him to be.

From East Angels by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

When Preston came, as usual, the duke took his opportunity of asking him what he had ever done to disoblige him, that he should describe him in such black characters to his own party?

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

Sorry to disoblige you, fellows," I said sincerely, "but your boss should not have run so close to the wind.

From My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia by Watson, Robert

I wouldn't like to disoblige the young lady," he said; "but it's no use putting dead fish back into the stream.

From The Third Class at Miss Kaye's A School Story by Brazil, Angela