Discomposed

Examples

• I started, but was only discomposed a moment; I knew the voice and speaker. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Their shape was very singular and deformed, which a little discomposed me, so that I lay down behind a thicket to observe them better. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Miss Steele was the least discomposed of the three, by their presence; and it was in their power to reconcile her to it entirely. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• So very emphatically and unexpectedly, that we were all three discomposed; until Tiffey came in with the bill. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The man's swarthy face was placid and still; his black hair and beard were slightly, very slightly, discomposed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• This September afternoon is pleasant, observed Louis Moore, as, not at all discomposed, he calmly cast the crumbs on to the grass. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I did not then know that I had,' said Lightwood, discomposed on her account. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The phonograph is the truth-telling and incontrovertible witness whose memory is never at fault, and whose nerves are never discomposed by any cross-examination. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• These objects discomposed me more, perhaps, than it would be wise to say, as also did the dust, lumber, and stifling heat of the place. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Ignorantly shocking your feelings, said Mr. Dempster, looking very much discomposed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But Mrs. Elton was very much discomposed indeed. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The driver was evidently discomposed by the lateness of my arrival. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Why he should have been so discomposed by a trifle I cannot say--but he was seriously discomposed, beyond all doubt. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I should not like a man who is so soon discomposed by a hot morning. Jane Austen. Emma.
• You will not be discomposed by the Lord Chancellor, I dare say? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Such doings discomposed Mr. Bennet exceedingly. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.

Edited by Hugh