disoblige
Example Sentences
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"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 Optic, Oliver
He had too much regard for his own interest, and his tenure of office, to disoblige a man so influential and powerful as Alderman Morris.
From The Young Adventurer or Tom's Trip Across the Plains by Alger, Horatio
I am heartily sorry for it; for I declare, I would rather disoblige all the critics in the world than one of the fair sex.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George
But there again—he could not be vicious simply to oblige these ladies, or rather to disoblige them; he must be what it seemed good to him to be.
From East Angels by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
"The Commune was desirous to leave them all liberty in the conduct of the military operations; it was as far from wishing to disoblige them as from wishing to weaken their authority."
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.