How To Use Discomposure In A Sentence
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Manda felt her face flushed at her discomposure.
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Her discomposure was a clear pain to herself; she had had a shock of extreme violence, and Nick saw that as Miriam showed no symptom of offering to give up her sitting her stay would be of the briefest.
The Tragic Muse
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Her attention was distracted just then by the appearance of a small child in the doorway, and she pulled away from her brother without noticing his discomposure.
Sick Cycle Carousel
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But the next moment he was himself disturbed by it, and showed discomposure; for this was the only service he had been permitted to do with his own hands during the meal, and he did not doubt that he had done a most improper and unprincely thing.
The Prince and the Pauper; a tale for young people of all ages
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Apparently, the whole school knew about my little discomposure.
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Reymus watched William leave with a concerned gaze and his pale, silver-blue eyes shone with the slightest bit of discomposure.
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Heledd, without haste or discomposure, gave them a slight, curt inclination of her head to share between them, and turned and walked away.
His Disposition
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Excuse, madam, a little innocent raillery I met you both, with a discomposure on your counte-nances.
Sir Charles Grandison
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‘Thank you,’ Hale sputtered in his own discomposure.
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This must have been owing to her recollection of the audacious stranger in the neighbouring turret at the Fleur de Lys; but did that discomposure express displeasure?
Quentin Durward
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They found that those without had thrown fagots enough upon the fire to serve the purpose of light and heat at the same time, and, wrapping themselves in their cloaks, had sat down on the floor, in postures which variously expressed the discomposure and dejection of their minds.
Quentin Durward
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Your lordship has now heard the cause of my discomposure, and of my sudden desire to leave your hospitable castle.
The Tapestried Chamber
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Walton, imagining that his discomposure was the consequence of guilty fear, called upon him to remember the duties which he owed to England, the benefits which he had received from himself, and the probable consequence of taking part in a pert boy’s insolent defiance of the power of the governor of the province.
Castle Dangerous
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I was a daughter of wealth, I told myself, and not subject to discomposure and embarrassment.
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I trust, this time around, that I have a decent chance of regaining my normal acuity (and natural discomposure) when the progesterone drops off.
Write Where You Are : Rachel Zucker : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
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Rachel, who in moments of the discomposure George referred to, tended to revert to thinking in the Spanish of her childhood, murmured,
Dearly Beloved
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Walton, imagining that his discomposure was the consequence of guilty fear, called upon him to remember the duties which he owed to England, the benefits which he had received from himself, and the probable consequence of taking part in a pert boy's insolent defiance of the power of the governor of the province.
Waverley Novels — Volume 12