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

And so he puts in his time hoping for a wound that will be "cushy" enough not to discommode him much and that will be bad enough to swing Blighty on.

From A Yankee in the Trenches by Holmes, Robert Derby

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

"Yet not so far aside as to discommode any one," responded Mason.

From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)

I trust my singing did not discommode you.

From Second Plays by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)