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 trust my singing did not discommode you.

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

"Desolated if I discommode you, monsieur," Lanyard replied with entire amiability--"but not to-night, not at least until I know those jewels have no more chance to go ashore without me."

From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph

I objected, for I did not wish to discommode him in the least and told him a good bed could be fixed in the mess wagon.

From Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events by Patterson, H. DeF.

As the meal progressed, and the last of the champagne sparkled in his glass, certain things said to him by Zuleika—certain implied criticisms that had rankled, yes—lost their power to discommode him.

From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir