indispose

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

May not some persons even entertain the apprehension, that it will indispose them to such pursuits?

From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

All his jealousy is actively alive to the smallest shade of fault, although his feelings so much indispose him to see any blemish.

From Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore

We are now," returned the other, "quartered among friends, to whom we ought to be not only punctual but liberal, lest we indispose them to the service.

From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by West, Jane

We indispose the French government, and they will retract their offer of the treaty of commerce.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

Such a proceeding would, he was convinced, by no means disincline others in different circumstances to accept hereditary titles, nor indispose the ministry to confer them.

From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Yonge, Charles Duke