discommode

Example Sentences

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"Our theory," explains Rich, "is that 95% of the people are honest, and we're not going to discommode 95 people to root out the other five."

From Time Magazine Archive

Lay it across the saddle in front, where its weight will not discommode you.

From The Young Ranchers or, Fighting the Sioux by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

I'm sorry to discommode you," returned the conductor, "but there's no use kicking.

From The Marrow of Tradition by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)

I objected, for I did not wish to discommode him in the least and told him a good bed could be fixed in the mess wagon.

From Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events by Patterson, H. DeF.

Every change does discommode some class or classes of persons, and part of the opposition to specific changes comes from those whom they would adversely affect.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin