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'm sorry to discommode you," returned the conductor, "but there's no use kicking.

From The Marrow of Tradition by Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell)

"Yet not so far aside as to discommode any one," responded Mason.

From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)

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.

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