discompose

Example Sentences

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This did not seem to discompose him; on the contrary, he looked rather amused.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

It may be he is right: it is not for me to gainsay him, or to further discompose his temper, when all the evidence is so plainly visible.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

No one goes with any exaggerated expectations of enjoyment; but as little does he anticipate anything to discompose or displease him.

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Disease is = dis-ease, discompose, as used by Phineas Fletcher: cf. vol. iii. p.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

His complexion may trouble the physiologists; but is not likely to discompose the poetical reader under the tuition of Christopher North.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various