1 By means of them, the sufferer's conscience had been kept in an irritated state, the tendency of which was, not to cure by wholesome pain, but to disorganize and corrupt his spiritual being.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER 2 But neither they nor a single commanding officer were there, only disorganized crowds of troops of various kinds.
3 He urged on his already weary horse to get quickly past these crowds, but the farther he went the more disorganized they were.
4 But contrary to what had always happened in their former battles, instead of the news they expected of the enemy's flight, these orderly masses returned thence as disorganized and terrified mobs.
5 At the Berezina they again became disorganized, many were drowned and many surrendered, but those who got across the river fled farther.
6 It would have been senseless, first because Napoleon's disorganized army was flying from Russia with all possible speed, that is to say, was doing just what every Russian desired.
7 That is the sort of kindness which disorganizes society.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—HOW JEAN MAY BECOME CHAMP 8 All this is alive with the hideous vitality of things which have been organized out of disorganization.