Sample Sentences for
discomfit
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  • I've never backed down from male relatives, either calf or bull, or let father and guardians discomfit me.†  (source)
  • He felt that he had penetrated more deeply than ever before into this intricate affair, and that he had originated a leading idea—he could say it without self-flattery—calculated to clear up the whole business, to strengthen him in his official career, to discomfit his enemies, and thereby to be of the greatest benefit to the government.†  (source)
  • A boy who can dodge over the roofs of Lahore city on a moonlight night, using every little patch and corner of darkness to discomfit his pursuer, is not likely to be checked by a line of well-trained soldiers.†  (source)
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  • Joe's affability contrasted with the discomfiture of the men on the bench.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ure" converts the verb into a noun.
  • Bellatrix said nothing, but looked, for the first time, a little discomfited.†  (source)
  • That espied Sir Lamorak, that Arthur and his blood were discomfit; and anon he was ready, and asked Palomides if he would any more joust.†  (source)
  • And yet there is a discomfiting aspect to all this rapport.†  (source)
  • GILES: It discomfits me!†  (source)
  • May thy grandest adventures Discomfitures prove, May thy joys be all dreams, And forgotten thy love.†  (source)
  • Though part of me was distracted by the idea that our neighbors might be peering out their windows at us, wondering what the exact nature of our relationship was, I was also, to be honest, almost discomfitingly flushed with a sensation I had not believed I would ever experience again.†  (source)
  • Two notable exceptions were Bewt, who was openly smiling at the banker's discomfiture, and the smuggler, Tuek, who appeared to be watching Kynes for a cue.†  (source)
  • I was neither disgusted nor flattered by the discovery I had made, Mr. Markos, but I was discomfited.†  (source)
  • She knew such garb would discomfit her father when he came to chastise her for making off with Myrcella.†  (source)
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