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'm sorry to discommode you," returned the conductor, "but there's no use kicking.

From The Marrow of Tradition by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)

I trust my singing did not discommode you.

From Second Plays by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)

That wouldn’t discommode none of you folks, and I’d sort of feel as if I was giving you your money’s worth.

From Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective by Irvin, Rea

By 1854 the continuing advance began to discommode rural employers likewise.

From American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime by Phillips, Ulrich Bonnell