disconcertion

Example Sentences

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He returned with only a gesture of disconcertion to answer the girl's look of appeal.

From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph

She asked if he was ill, and when a shake of the head answered the query, she covered the few minutes of his disconcertion with her conversation.

From The Man Between, an International Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

“I went to the village t’ other night,” replied the man, “to drill—” Then he checked himself in evident disconcertion.

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester

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 Cable, George W.

There was no disconcertion exhibited by the one thus challenged.

From Within the Law by Veiller, Bayard