disconcertion
Example Sentences
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‘Short of renouncing your guilty connection with my husband, I suppose you mean?’ said I. She paused, in evident disconcertion and perplexity, mingled with anger she dared not show.
From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
He had counted on a sweet Southern handshake, but she kept hold of the hat-brim, let her dry smile of inquiry fade into a formal deference, and took comfort in his disconcertion.
From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable
With the feeling of disconcertion that springs from being caught in an impulsive action we have believed unobserved, Maurice spun round on his heel and took a few quick steps in the opposite direction.
From Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson
But to their mutual disconcertion, old Jerry's face did not change, save for a slight widening of his blue eyes as they met the hard gray ones of Mart.
From The Pirate Shark by Fred J. Arting
“I went to the village t’ other night,” replied the man, “to drill—” Then he checked himself in evident disconcertion.
From Janice Meredith by Paul Leicester Ford
