How To Use Discomposed In A Sentence
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He is too shrewd to be discomposed by such conversation.
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Because a "good intellectual" is never discomposed, never involved in social passions, never lets himself drift into the street.
Yoani Sanchez: The Good Intellectual
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Well, Smith, I judge by your brief answer that you are discomposed with this matter; but, after all, women are weathercocks, that is the truth on't.
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day
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She was chagrined to learn that she had been discomposed not by 'a too exuberant financier, 'as she had surmised, but by, as "Waring" called Browning, the "subtlest assertor of the Soul in song.
Life of Robert Browning
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He declares, he will sooner visit a house infected with the plague, than trust himself in such a nauseous spital for the future, for he swears the accident was occasioned by the stench of the crowd; and that he would never desire a stronger proof of our being made of very gross materials, than our having withstood the annoyance, by which he was so much discomposed.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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But if such was her mischievous purpose she was completely disappointed; for Roland Graeme, internally piquing himself on his self-command, neither laughed nor was discomposed; and all that the maiden gained by her frolic was a severe rebuke from her companion, taxing her with mal-address and indecorum.
The Abbot
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He was "umbrageous," ready to be discomposed by the action of others, but, if not vexed or startled, he was elaborately courteous.
Henrik Ibsen
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The whites, of course greatly discomposed, had besides a curious look of being painfully shocked by such an outrageous row.
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I had been discomposed enough before; but I was so much the more discomposed by this unexpected behavior, that I was on the point of slinking off, to think how I had best proceed.
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I suddenly felt myself somewhat discomposed; my heart beat rapidly and I had a choking feeling in my throat.
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Even in his discomposed state of mind, Derick was able to compare what the valley people were doing compared to what the people on the mountain had been doing.
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The tale of the supernatural is traditionally an art of slowly built crescendo: we know that eventual horrors begin with small intimations? that witnesses will at first be only mildly discomposed.
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
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For the second time that day I saw him discomposed.
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Always there is the need to retain her poise and never appear to be put out or discomposed.
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I found him this morning somewhat discomposed. His wife and her mother and sister were to arrive yesterday by the morning train.
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No, not discomposed or irritated, not even a touch peeved…
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I am not disposed to be nervous, for I have always conscientiously avoided tea and too much study, and I have lived in the open air, and always managed to secure eight hours of dreamless, honest sleep; but I was "discomposed," as some one charitably explained it that morning; and Mrs. Darcy's cap was the cause.
My New Curate
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“Well, Smith, I judge by your brief answer that you are discomposed with this matter; but, after all, women are weathercocks, that is the truth on’t.
The Fair Maid of Perth
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The body politic languished in a discomposed mood, scrutinizing her every fidget to see if she would continue her quest for glory or tack back to safe harbor.
Brad Parker: Captain Hillary Sails 'Round Good Hope At Last
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The breeze discomposed her hair.
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And so did Cadfael, as soon as he was sure there was none to be discomposed by his going.
A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old
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He had somewhat discomposed even the bishop of Winchester, but the hesitation was only a moment long and the impressive voice rose with authority, calling them peremptorily to prayer, and to the consideration of the grave matters for which they were gathered together.
A River So Long
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_toss_, some of the boys sat still, looking at Marco, and not knowing what to do; others raised their oars into the air, some one way and some another; and Joseph, who was a little discomposed by the rebuff he had met with, concluded that he would obey as literally as possible, let what would come of it and he gave his oar a high toss into the air.
Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont
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He sighed, slightly relieved to have escaped their self-righteous wrath, but also a bit discomposed.
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looked about with a wandering and discomposed air
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Isis eyed her, not used to seeing Raine so discomposed.
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‘I am not discomposed,’ he said of his review, ‘I will argue through some of the points with him, but I'll need to read it through again before we do that.’
