incommode

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Being dripping wet, the demon in his ascent seriously incommodes Neptune; who, not being used to the water, looks about in great distress, evidently for an umbrella.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841 by Various

"If the odour incommodes, permit that I retire."

From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace

They are without chimneys, and make the fire in the middle of the hut, which greatly incommodes those who are not fond of smoke.

From The Irish Penny Journal, No. 1, Vol. 1, July 4, 1840 by Various

Before Morality can profit the community, it disturbs and incommodes the individual, it rouses in him disagreeable sensations which may reach such a pitch as to be intense pain.

From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon

Its glitter really incommodes my eyes when he happens to be near me, as he generally is.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza