DISCOMFIT in a Sentence

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For DISCOMFIT, below is one of 13 sentences:
But, though discomfited and disappointed, he could still do something for his own interest and his own enjoyment.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISCOMFIT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
discomfit
 v.  make uneasy or perplexed; cause to lose one's composure; disconcert
Classic Sentence:
1  "If Miss Havisham wished to see me," returned Mr. Pumblechook, discomfited.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
2  Miss Murdstone merely answers with a frown and a formal bend: Mr. Chillip, discomfited, goes into a corner, keeping me with him, and opens his mouth no more.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
3  As we had arranged to say nothing at first, my aunt was not a little discomfited.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 62. A LIGHT SHINES ON MY WAY
4  While she did not regret her decision one whit, the matter in its true light discomfited her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
5  She sank into the proffered chair, glaring at the discomfited fat captain, and gave her name.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
6  He pictured the ground before it as strewn with the discomfited.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
7  Mary said nothing at all, and Mrs. Medlock looked rather discomfited by her apparent indifference, but, after taking a breath, she went on.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  Poor Danglars looked so crest-fallen and discomfited that Monte Cristo assumed a pitying air towards him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
9  Mr. Gradgrind was extremely discomfited by this unexpected question.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XV
10  But, though discomfited and disappointed, he could still do something for his own interest and his own enjoyment.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
Example Sentence:
1  Such a statement might discomfit the haters in the Democratic base, but it could go a long way to reassuring the voters that the candidates are thinking about the good of America above all.
2  He will be particularly discomfited by the minister's dismissal of his plan.
3  He had the fantastically discomfiting feeling of Bolt's massive frame hurtling past inside him on the bend.