disoblige

Example Sentences

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Sorry to disoblige, old feller, but I'm on duty where Miss Verbena is now, you see, as she's just promised to be my wife.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890 by Various

D'Artagnan saw that he should disoblige him by again interfering.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

"I'm sorry to disoblige a lady," he said; "but you don't go out of this house to-night."

From The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance by Partridge, Bernard

It was consolatory, nevertheless, to her feelings, that Ireton, hitherto her defamer, should acquiesce in this offer, which, at least, not to disoblige Mrs Maple, she would accept for the moment.

From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

"He's a good sort of man, and won't disoblige me, I'll warrant."

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)