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

"I never went there, and being a loyal British Presence, I should hesitate very strongly before I would discommode the Royal family."

From Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile by Bangs, John Kendrick

Gentlemen, I am sorry to discommode you, but I have orders to intercept all persons entering the city, and hold them until they can satisfactorily account for themselves.

From The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, by Pinkerton, Allan

Then he said, with a clearly modulated and rather mincing articulation: 'Would it discommode you to contribute elsewhere a coin with a somewhat different superscription?'

From The Wisdom of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

The boys shouted to their animals, who flew across the plain as though the snow did not discommode them in the least.

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