discompose

Example Sentences

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This did not seem to discompose him; on the contrary, he looked rather amused.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Oh," says Poole with a great laugh, "don't let that discompose you.

From A Day with Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Byron, May Clarissa Gillington

It did not discompose him in the least, and again taking out his snuff-box, Gaston Cheverny’s snuff-box, he began to hum Sur le pont d’Avignon.

From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot

And often, when her father was talking to her and she giving mechanical replies, suddenly her cheek would burn like fire, and the old man would wonder what he had said to discompose her.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

No one goes with any exaggerated expectations of enjoyment; but as little does he anticipate anything to discompose or displease him.

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James