Disconcerted

Examples

• He sat down, a little disconcerted by my presence, I thought, and without looking at me, drew his heavy sunburnt hand across and across his upper lip. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Both rose, red and disconcerted. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of the old gentleman, unshorn and perfumed with tobacco, might well do. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When Dora was very childish, and I would have infinitely preferred to humour her, I tried to be grave--and disconcerted her, and myself too. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Her stockings always disconcerted him, the pale-yellow stockings and the heavy heavy black shoes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Monks was plainly disconcerted, and alarmed besides. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I beg your pardon, ma'am,' said Mary Anne, disconcerted now she came to think of it; 'but I don't know that I mean more than her brother himself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He was not disconcerted. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mrs. Bennet was quite disconcerted. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Really, Mr. Carton, returned the other, oddly disconcerted, I have not asked myself the question. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She looked another way, disconcerted, and wondered how long this purgatory was to last. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Observe this, Mr. Pickwick,' said the disconcerted officer, gasping for breath. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Young Barnacle was in the last degree amazed and disconcerted at sight of Arthur, and had murmured involuntarily, 'Look here! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I was much disconcerted, but I reflected that if the main point were gained, it mattered little how strangely he perverted everything leading to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He was not in the least disconcerted by our appearance, but rose and received us in his usual airy manner. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Well, sir, says the trooper, looking into his hat after another disconcerted pause, I am sorry not to have given you more satisfaction. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I was disconcerted, for I had broken away without quite seeing where I was going to. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He was, at first, somewhat disconcerted to meet us two together; but quickly decided what to do, and came up to me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The disconcerted young man bows, as he goes out, and cringingly hopes that Mr. Tulkinghorn of the Fields is well. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And here he startled and disconcerted his hearers by a gleam of something approaching sentimentality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Now the conscientious Twemlow, knowing what he had done to thwart the gracious Fledgeby, was particularly disconcerted by this encounter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Villard could not see a single point, and scarcely laughed at all; and Henderson became so disconcerted he had to give it up. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• His once more reddening through his brown and being disconcerted by his efforts to remember the association brought my guardian to his relief. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Disconcerted by the cold and hard inquiry, Mr Dorrit was unable to assign any reason for his supposing so. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• This indication of an unexpected mine of hope in Eustacia's bosom disconcerted her husband. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Editor: Margie