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

It did not discompose him in the least, and again taking out his snuff-box, Gaston Cheverny’s snuff-box, he began to hum Sur le pont d’Avignon.

From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot

But Ruxton had no desire to discompose him.

From The Men Who Wrought by Cullum, Ridgwell

Small changes in the household arrangements were likely to discompose him.

From The Preliminaries And Other Stories by Comer, Cornelia A. P.