disoblige
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Sorry to disoblige you, fellows," I said sincerely, "but your boss should not have run so close to the wind.
From My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia by Robert Watson
"I am sorry to disoblige you, but I really couldn't."
From Ben's Nugget A Boy's Search For Fortune by Horatio Alger
As she is the Reservoir of Favour, greater Court is made to her than to the Duke himself, and Woe be to those that dare to disoblige her!
"I am sorry to disoblige you, Mr. Tom Thornton; but I must respectfully decline to give you any information on that point," I answered, firmly.
From Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy by Oliver Optic
To inconvenience and disoblige so large a constituency as this may naturally produce some effect.
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur Elmore Bostwick
Till when, pray believe me, with respect and esteem, Your most obliged and disobliged at these blank endings—what have I done?
From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Robert Browning
These particular friends who were not to be disobliged seem to have been shining lights of the Whig party.
From The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield by Edward Robins
In this, the populace thought he had acted the part of a man; but he much disobliged the tribunes, his colleagues, who regarded it as a piece of violent and presumptuous interference.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
He thought by this management that he should oblige both chiefs; whereas he highly disobliged the one, whose favour was of the most consequence to him, without gaining any reward from the other.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
"Why?" cry I, again letting fall my volume, and yielding to a curiosity as irresistible as unwise; for he had meant me to ask, and would have been disobliged if I had not.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
Granted, Sir Chris Bryant was almost as disobliging about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 15 years ago, as an opposition MP, when there were calls then for him to be sacked as the government's trade envoy.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
A few are offering the odd disobliging word about Mr Dowden, suggesting he never wanted to be party chairman in the first place and was very disappointed to be demoted from being culture secretary.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2022
Ireland, with the images of Jack Charlton's side incised on the national consciousness forever, have been seen at times as a disobliging bunch.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2012
After such outlay, it was disobliging to score only 60 times in the league last season and City were a hindrance to themselves.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2011
It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
