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

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

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

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

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