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

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

It may be he is right: it is not for me to gainsay him, or to further discompose his temper, when all the evidence is so plainly visible.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

After satisfying himself as to the identity of the man just deceased, he resumed his conversation with the governor, as if nothing had happened which was calculated in the least to discompose him.

From The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country by Barry, Joseph

Of course the failure did not discompose me, nor shake my belief.

From There is no Death by Marryatt, Florence