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 Brontë, Anne

A little thrill of disconcertion ran through Agatha, for she felt she knew what this stranger's errand must be.

From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cuneo, Cyrus

If Leon had been bashful in her presence when he did not comprehend the cause of his disconcertion, having discovered that he loved Agnes, hesitation vanished.

From A Modern Wizard by Ottolengui, Rodrigues

An expression of almost ludicrous disconcertion shadowed his discoloured features.

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph

Remembering the trace of disconcertion he had shown, she very much wished to know where Brooke had really been.

From A Damaged Reputation by Bindloss, Harold