indispose
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But there is one thing that cannot be admitted, and that is your statement that the constitution of man is in a "warped, impaired, and dislocated condition," and that "these deformities indispose men to belief."
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
I did not wish to indispose him still further by an appearance of marked curiosity.
From Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad
Patience seems to be prudence, in this case; to indispose them, would do no good, and might do harm.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
In the evening at to arrive at the inn did feign to be indispose, to the end that one bring him the supper.
From English as she is spoke or, A jest in sober earnest by José da Fonseca
A little more sadness than is within bounds will also indispose us for this duty.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
Entertaining down to the last minute, the Bastille Opera finally opened its season with a sad-faced functionary who stepped in front of the curtain to tell us that the “Simone Boccanegra” baritone was indisposed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
The Pittsburgh Steelers went into Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders with an indisposed defense and left with the squad in worse shape, but it appears that there’s hope.
From Fox News ● Sep. 21, 2021
As Tenet’s villain, Olivier’s heir should be given free rein to bungee jump off the confines of a respectable performance, yet his director is otherwise indisposed and can’t be bothered.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2020
Chief Justice John Roberts announced she was indisposed, but would take part in the decision of the two cases being argued.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2019
“She might very well know you are here, but that does not change the fact that she is, as I have mentioned, indisposed at the moment.”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
She says she loves to see me gay and cheerful, as is natural at my age, but that levity quite upsets and disorders the mind, indisposing it for serious thoughts.
From Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss
For the most part the influence of the bath is limited to abating their severity, shortening their duration, and indisposing to their return.
From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by Charles West
Wherefore we should never suffer them to be dissolved into levity, or disordered into a wanton frame, indisposing us for religious thoughts and actions.
From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Isaac Barrow
Ah me, that a man be self-subsistent, original, true, or what we call it, is surely the farthest in the world from indisposing him to reverence and believe other men’s truth!
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
Ah! 'twas a lovely world!—no more I met that indisposing bore, The unseraphic cynogogue— The man who's proud to love a dog.
From Black Beetles in Amber by Ambrose Bierce
