disconcertion

Example Sentences

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He returned with only a gesture of disconcertion to answer the girl's look of appeal.

From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph

She asked if he was ill, and when a shake of the head answered the query, she covered the few minutes of his disconcertion with her conversation.

From The Man Between, an International Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

There was no disconcertion exhibited by the one thus challenged.

From Within the Law by Veiller, Bayard

An expression of almost ludicrous disconcertion shadowed his discoloured features.

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph

Johanna, who was passing into the next room, could not see it, but she easily guessed it by the slight disconcertion which showed through the smile he gave back.

From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.