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

His complexion may trouble the physiologists; but is not likely to discompose the poetical reader under the tuition of Christopher North.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

My approach seemed to discompose them not a little.

From Mr. Marx's Secret by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

But Ruxton had no desire to discompose him.

From The Men Who Wrought by Cullum, Ridgwell

Far be it from me to willingly discompose an artist," replied Manasseh drily, "though from the elegance of the design, I venture to think my interruption will not make a hair's-breadth of difference.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel