How To Use Discomfited In A Sentence
-
The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament.
-
Though I tried not to be too socially inappropriate, I must have discomfited a lot of people.
Letting Go of My Father
-
Her green eyes danced with laughter as she discomfited her brother.
-
This discomfited some of the Zuccotti inhabitants, aware of anti-Semitism charges against the movement, so an OWSer in an undershirt and porkpie hat poured coffee down the guy's back, who called out to demand his constitutional rights from a bemused-looking senior NYPD official.
Squatting on Wall Street
-
I am a bit embarrassed to admit my unshakeable fondness for the royal family and I'm well aware that any further opinions from me may now be obsolete to some readers, but not remotely discomfited to say that I grieved for Princess Diana.
Victoria Coren: why I shall be up at dawn to watch the royal family in all its bizarre glory
-
The tricky question about his finances discomfited the minister.
-
Smart seems to be alternately discomfited by this fact and resentful of Mrs. Barker's prior and legal claim on the man she loves.
How to Hypnotize Women
-
Manuscript, Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia; Edgar Allan Poe explains to John Allan that he was "discomfited" when Allan did not visit him at West Point on the latter's visit to the area.
Poe Collection: Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to John Allan, 1830 November 6
-
The bassi rilievi which are placed in a spiral line round the shaft commemorate the victories of Antoninus over the Marcomanni and the Quadi, and the miraculous shower of rain which refreshed the Roman soldiers and discomfited their enemies.
Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius
-
It was like a whole different world here; I was suddenly discomfited by my family's humble home.
-
Coudreau's head jerked from side to side, discomfited, overemphatic.
The Warden
-
This is the book to lend to your mother, and grandmother, and everyone you know; no one will be offended or discomfited.
Ilana Teitelbaum: A Silence Broken: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
-
The while desultory long-distance firing was indulged in by the discomfited foe, the bullets pinging against the hard ground or flying with a sharp "siss" overhead.
Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force
-
Will wanted to do likewise, but felt too discomfited.
-
This discomfited some of the Zuccotti inhabitants, aware of anti-Semitism charges against the movement, so an OWSer in an undershirt and porkpie hat poured coffee down the guy's back, who called out to demand his constitutional rights from a bemused-looking senior NYPD official.
Squatting on Wall Street
-
Their eyes also meet the gaze of the viewer, making him a discomfited witness.
Painting the Middle East With Too Broad a Brush?
-
Tight-lipped, he appeared discomfited by the questions thrown at him by Brewer, and relied on streams of impenetrable government-speak for his responses.
-
Recently, I've found myself more than a little discomfited by examples of intolerance that seem to be cropping up around me.
-
What an ass I am, he thought, somewhat discomfited.
-
But they are discomfited by the normalcy of it all.
-
_Brute and the said Troians with their capteine Corineus doo associat, they take landing within the dominion of king Goffarus, he raiseth an armie against Brute and his power, but is discomfited: of the citie of
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (2 of 8)
-
Tight-lipped, he appeared discomfited by the questions thrown at him, and relied on streams of impenetrable government-speak for his responses.
-
Whereupon did William Shakspeare sit mute awhile, and discomfited; then turning toward Sir Thomas, and looking and speaking as one submiss and contrite, he thus appealed unto him: -
Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby, and Silas Gough, Clerk
-
I am nevertheless slightly discomfited by news that Erik Prince, the former SEAL officer and founder of Blackwater, is now in the process of assembling a mercenary battalion for the United Arab Emirates.
David Isenberg: PMC und Drang in the Persian Gulf
-
Secular Americans may be further discomfited to learn that their government's top lawyer is reputed to believe that tabby cats are satanic.
-
The poor boy was clearly discomfited, but we can never resist a mystery, so he gulped out an answer.
-
Her remark that she could always have stayed home and made cookies has discomfited Republicans, not least Barbara Bush.
-
The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament.
-
The opposition leader has regularly discomfited him in parliament.
-
Beatrice's apology was more gracious, and she was visibly discomfited by her father's manner.
-
He was discomfited by her silence.
-
Meanwhile the wives and children of these belligerents would have starved had it not been for the datto, who, notwithstanding the difference in their faith, looked after them all, until the discomfited warriors returned to more peaceful pursuits.
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route
-
Now he was discomfited again; he wanted some explanations for these mysteries, which multiplied every time he turned round.
COLDHEART CANYON
-
Now he was discomfited again; he wanted some explanations for these mysteries, which multiplied every time he turned round.
COLDHEART CANYON
-
A sudden sally of the townsmen during the battle chiefly occasioned confusion: Camillus, turning on these with a part of his army, not only drove them within their walls, but on the very same day, after he had discomfited themselves and their auxiliaries, he took the town by scalade.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08
-
Meanwhile the leadership's support of military preparedness discomfited pacifists.
-
It has proven itself right time after time. It has discomfited its critics and it has repeatedly astonished even its pessimistically inclined well-wishers, such as myself.
-
She was exceedingly discomfited, although she thought she had no reason.
SLEEP WHILE I SING
-
He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan.
-
How often have we refused to go out into the world and do something that leaves a worthwhile memory in its place because we were afraid, or because we were tired or discomfited or otherwise uneager to leave the safety and peace and comfort of our houses, couches, and DVD players?
This Weeks DVD Releases
-
But in the army of my day, any soldier (or indeed discomfited general) who spent too much time twisting about the language of regulations in his own favor was called a guardhouse lawyer.
Mark Twain's Reputation
-
But everywhere he looked for solace, he found people talking in whispers about the things that discomfited him.
EVERVILLE
-
He was discomfited by the unexpected questions.Sentence dictionary
-
The tricky question about his finances discomfited the minister.
-
Any new wrinkle that retailers can offer to create more good will and turn a discomfited grouser into a gratified shopper's companion makes good sense.
A New Sales Incentive
-
He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan.
-
Her gaze was suddenly penetrating, and it almost discomfited him.
-
My students were not at all puzzled by this, although they were discomfited that their parents were paying six figures for such an education.
-
He blushed, discomfited by the five pairs of eyes staring at him, and ruffled his hair.
-
He was not noticeably discomfited by the request.