Looked about with a wandering and discomposed air. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object), : The breeze discomposed the bouquet. ,The bad news discomposed us. From Dictionary.com.
And why should she be so discomposed by him anyway?. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Dangerous]
Judith was not at all discomposed by her light-minded raillery. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge] Reference
“They were severely discomposed by my appearance,” she said. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
Wordsworth was probably the least-discomposed member of the party. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator] Reference
'Never mind the money now,' said Agatha, who was never discomposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
The reply evidently both surprised and discomposed Mr. Starkweather. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
"She was severely discomposed by his visit yesterday," Lavinia said. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
Mary's direct action slightly discomposed her, but she replied amiably. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08] Reference
So slowly and carefully did the ox step that grannie was little discomposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference
They did not seem in the least discomposed, but gazed on us with great gravity. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
"Ah, so it is!" agrees Dora airily, not in the least discomposed at her mistake. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Chamber A Novel] Reference
I long to know, how you fare, and whether you are often discomposed with Alarms. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 June 1775] Reference
"Sophie does not become discomposed by visits from her friends," Kenneth said, frowning. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
A few things, indeed I have meet with that have really discomposed me, one was haveing a. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from Abigail Smith to John Adams, 4 October 1764] Reference
What was it that had discomposed him for weeks, even months, after her unexpected refusal?. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Dangerous]
I heard her murmur; but her serenity was no wise discomposed by my refusal, or her sickness. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The man looked more discomposed than ever, but he said for the third time: "Not at home, sir.". From Wordnik.com. [In Direst Peril] Reference
The state of Ireland under existing factions would much have discomposed your patriotic husband. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
In a few moments Miss Prissy rushed back as much discomposed as a clucking hen who has seen a hawk. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
Percival fled up stairs, more discomposed by that unlucky black than he would have thought possible. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878] Reference
Vetch was pale and discomposed, his lips twitching, his eyes ranging restlessly between Cludde and me. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
'It is hard for man to tell,' said the seaman, who had not been the slightest discomposed by the voice. From Wordnik.com. [Edward Barnett; a Neglected Child of South Carolina, Who Rose to Be a Peer of Great Britain,—and the Stormy Life of His Grandfather, Captain Williams or, The Earle's Victims: with an Account of the Terrible End of the Proud Earl De Montford, the Lamentable Fate of the Victim of His Passion, and the Shadow's Punishment] Reference
She is the further discomposed in that she becomes aware presently that Tommy sees through her perfectly. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
He did not feel like returning to his solitary room with his mind unsettled and his feelings discomposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The choice of style was easy enough -- something Grecian and artistic -- but the material discomposed her. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of a Turkish Bath] Reference
I was so little prepared for the communication you had to make, that I was, perhaps, unsuitably discomposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859] Reference
Holding two gaudily wrapped packages, the Portuguese looked as discomposed and disgusted as he himself felt. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
He had seen her and she would not give him the satisfaction of seeing that his presence had discomposed her. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Sunrise]
Dorothy, even through her ears, noticed that he was startled and discomposed, and she hastened to reassure him. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
"I assure you," begins Arthur Dynecourt, who is strangely pale and discomposed, "it was all an accident -- an --". From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted Chamber A Novel] Reference
This, however, in no wise discomposed her, but turning her head round, she continued to pray and exhort the people. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
"Do not mention that name," interrupted Alba, whose face became discomposed at the allusion to the sojourn at Piove. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The vicar's wife, still slightly discomposed, launched out into some parochial matter she had wished to mention to him. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
Company you dine with, are discomposed, and started at the cutting of a Cork, or scratching of a Plate with a Knife; it is. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744)] Reference
Mary was much astonished at the frightened, discomposed manner with which Miss Prissy received this announcement, and said. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859] Reference
She was surprised, of course, and incredulous, but she made no remarks, and seemed not at all discomposed at the danger menacing Doctor. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
Then Madame Prune makes her appearance; in an agitated and discomposed manner she successively adopts every attitude expressive of dismay. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Bangor; had his sublime ideas of the nobility of the aborigines of the country somewhat discomposed by the experience of a day spent in the. From Wordnik.com. [Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick] Reference
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