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

Gentlemen, I am sorry to discommode you, but I have orders to intercept all persons entering the city, and hold them until they can satisfactorily account for themselves.

From The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, by Pinkerton, Allan

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

The war that this assumption wages in my breast against the fact that the man will perhaps be sentenced is too violent a war not to discommode me.

From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

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