incommode
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I submitted that no thought could be further from Dr. Trefusis’s intent than to incommode such an excellent hostess.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
And why may not a Man use the Boldness and Freedom of telling his Friends, that their long Visits sometimes incommode him?
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson
Jacob and Ivas were going to leave, fearing to incommode them, when Lucie looked up and saw Ivas.
From The Jew by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski
"I beg your pardon, madam," said Lynborough, "but if it does not incommode you, would you have the great kindness to permit me to open the gate?"
From Helena's Path by Anthony Hope
We first incommode with our presence the governor of the Cyclades, a patriotic Greek, who speaks good English and good sense.
From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe
“He can, indeed, on a rainy day, devour half a dozen volumes of summer reading, and be no more incommoded than when he swallows as many jellies and puffs at the fashionable confectioners.”
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2020
But his genius once awakened, his faults were shaken off as a garment that would have incommoded the flight of his imagination .
From Time Magazine Archive
“I wouldn’t have incommoded none of you, if I’d had my way.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
There was no jerk; the rider was in no way incommoded.
From Lodges in the Wilderness by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
Jacques Bastien, incommoded by his great corpulence, had not, in spite of his efforts, succeeded in getting out of the carriage; this circumstance saved him.
From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Eug?ne Sue
A police spokesperson said that Mr Cohen was charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding - a misdemeanour offence often used in civil disobedience cases in the US capital.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
All were charged with disturbing the peace through crowding, obstructing or incommoding, police spokeswoman Eva Malecki told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2019
The actress was charged with "crowding, obstructing or incommoding."
From Fox News ● Oct. 15, 2019
No windows were broken in Monday’s protests, but according to Capitol Police, the 33 protesters were arrested at six locations and charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2017
You know the Duke of Zollern and myself have long ceased incommoding ourselves for each other's sakes, with the consequence that we are really friends.
From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hon. Agnes Blanche Marie Hay
