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

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

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

“I fear I shall discommode you:” it is better to say, incommode.

From Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected by Anonymous

He buttoned his velveteen calzoneros down nearly to his ankles, so that their leathern bottoms might not flap open and discommode him.

From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.

He guaranteed to produce Peter at any time he was needed, and was perfectly willing to discommode himself to the extent of leaving the man behind if they insisted on holding him.

From Green Fancy by McCutcheon, George Barr