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 am afraid to discommode you, Miss Percival."

From The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware by Percival, Kate

Just like that; very politely, "Don't discommode yourself."

From Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy by Gosse, Edmund

If you can wait till then—I mean without discomfort, without inconvenience—it will be a large accommodation to me; but I will not allow you to do this favor if it will discommode you.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) by Paine, Albert Bigelow

To ask for a guarantor for a reputable resident is simply to discommode two people instead of one.

From A Library Primer by Dana, John Cotton