The look on his face disconcerted me. From LearnThat.org.
John had no business to disconcert him in that way. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands] Reference
Even this did not appear to disconcert the other boy. From Wordnik.com. [The Chums of Scranton High on the Cinder Path] Reference
But that wouldn't disconcert anybody but a tenderfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Woman Homesteader] Reference
Even German bullets could not hurry nor disconcert him. From Wordnik.com. [Sergeant York And His People] Reference
This did not disconcert Sir Wilfrid Laurier in the least. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 42, August 26, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
Disappointment however will not disappoint disconcert me. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 - 4 August 1776] Reference
He remained silent; but this did not seem to disconcert her. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret Stonewalled]
Only don't look at me too closely, or you will disconcert me. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864] Reference
Her brother-in-law's sudden appearance did not disconcert her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It would take a great deal to disconcert Lady Caroline very much. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
He rebutted it well but needs passion to disconcert O supporters. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The former advanced as if nothing could disconcert their audacity. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
Even the apparitions of the devil himself could not disconcert him. From Wordnik.com. [Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties] Reference
She sought to distress and disconcert me, and to raise in your mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Cab of the Sleeping Horse] Reference
It is not easy to see how the appeal to evolution need disconcert him. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
This did not seem to disconcert him in the least, as he went right on. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island] Reference
This, however, did not disconcert him, it was no more than he expected. From Wordnik.com. [Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance] Reference
Fierce shaking movements of the shield sought to disconcert her opponent. From Wordnik.com. [Two For The Lions]
Therefore his assumed fierce manner should be powerless to disconcert you. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
But this Choice will not disconcert Thayer at May, tho it will weaken him. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767] Reference
I put my question quickly and somewhat sternly, on purpose to disconcert him. From Wordnik.com. [Dracula] Reference
Sedgwick was shy when there were ladies present, but men did not disconcert him. From Wordnik.com. [The Wedge of Gold] Reference
But rapid as had been that passage, it had sufficed to disconcert the young girl. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Even if he failed to disconcert the attorney general, it is necessary only to try. From Wordnik.com. ['Natural Born' Baloney] Reference
Brandishing his tomahawk he rushed towards her yelling so as to disconcert her aim. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
And much to their surprise and to our disconcert, the Hamas forces won the election. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2007] Reference
This may disconcert him somewhat, but only makes more important our line of operations. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
To preach a sermon would disconcert him as little as to undertake to navigate a balloon. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
He again slowly raised his rifle and fired, despite continued efforts to disconcert him. From Wordnik.com. [Sergeant York And His People] Reference
He spoke with a decision that seemed to disconcert the man who stood for a moment irresolute. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
He was able to disconcert Lætorius by arguing fluently and contemptuously concerning the right. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
We were compelled to go without our mid-day meal, but this did not disconcert us very pronouncedly. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
There, the languid, disheveled look of the "Dame blanche" continued to disconcert critical audiences. From Wordnik.com. [Paris on My Mind] Reference
Merriam-Webster defines it as "to harass and try to disconcert with questions, challenges, or gibes.". From Wordnik.com. ['Natural Born' Baloney] Reference
Silence, absolute, on the part of the colleagues, which did not for a moment disconcert the engineer. From Wordnik.com. [Robur the Conqueror] Reference
But, like all other egotists, the only thing to really disconcert him, would be to take no notice of him. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
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