disoblige

Example Sentences

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You would make yourself an object for the laughter and remarks of your shipmates; and would disoblige your owners, who, after this voyage, have promised you the command of a vessel.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 5 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

Sorry to disoblige you, Mr. Oliphant, but it would never do.

From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert

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 am sorry to disoblige you, but I really couldn't."

From Ben's Nugget A Boy's Search For Fortune by Alger, Horatio