indispose
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He sleep sound, he is indispose; but I am ze vorst.
From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert
"What circumstances can possibly indispose you to give your law business to Mr. Darch?"
From Armadale by Collins, Wilkie
A little more sadness than is within bounds will also indispose us for this duty.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
"Yass'm," persisted the waiter, "he dah now, in bed; slightly indispose'."
From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington
Nor ought the humble condition of the oppressed to indispose him to grant them a hearing; for the doctrine they professed was not their own, but that of the Almighty himself.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Baird, Henry Martyn
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
Austin will transfer authority to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks while he is indisposed, the Pentagon said.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
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
Even the queen actually ends up as the heartsore queen consort, married to the mad George III, who is indisposed for the series.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2021
The Gran had been called away to another town, the Uncle indisposed, just like they had been during the impossible task in 1965.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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 Carlyle, Thomas
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 Barrow, Isaac
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 Bierce, Ambrose
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 Prentiss, E. (Elizabeth)
Four motives appear to me to have been puissant in indisposing Englishmen to the Northerners.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various
