discompose
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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
From her apartment she was attended by several of the principal gentlemen of the neighborhood, who had come to protect her from the approach of any thing that might discompose her.
From Lives of Celebrated Women by Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold)
The islanders gave Leha and his a cold welcome, but this did not discompose him.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams
News arrived from Dunore this spring, which Linda fancied would sorely discompose Andy.
From Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement by Walshe, Elizabeth Hely
Far be it from me to willingly discompose an artist," replied Manasseh drily, "though from the elegance of the design, I venture to think my interruption will not make a hair's-breadth of difference.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel
Without the injured Albiston, who had failed to emerge after the half-time break, they were crucially discomposed when Sulley took a corner in the sixtieth minute.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 9, 2016
As the poison of jealousy moves through his blood, Leontes’s seething monologues are accompanied by eerie, high-pitched strains in Keith Clouston’s score that cannily evoke the warped perspective of a discomposed mind.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2011
He would call himself a Radical, and would not be greatly discomposed if someone called him a Socialist.
From Time Magazine Archive
I found Senator Glass lying on top of his counterpane, angrily nursing a bandaged toe, his hair and his pillow and his pajama coat and the bedding discomposed as he tossed to and fro.
From Time Magazine Archive
The young man Sorve, not at all discomposed, led me on and brought me into the Inner Hearth to the Lord of Estre.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Here, lines define the two figures while simultaneously discomposing and merging them.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
After this discomposing harangue the assembly breaks up in some confusion.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
The cabin door opened discreetly and Powell, incarnation of decorous punctualities even amid existing tumultuously discomposing circumstances, entered.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas
There is another kind of disturbance which shows itself also in the first year, and has a certain analogy to the discomposing effect of sound.
From Children's Ways by Sully, James
In this frame of mind I retired to rest—the idea of anything supernatural never entering my mind, and no shade of fear discomposing my thoughts.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
