INDISPOSED in a Sentence

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After finishing her dinner she went to her room, having instructed the boy to tell any other callers that she was indisposed.

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 Meanings and Examples of INDISPOSED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
indisposed
 a.  averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
Classic Sentence:
1  He had retired at one o'clock under the pretense of being indisposed.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 23 THE RENDEZVOUS
2  Are you indisposed, or have you forgotten the glances you favored me with at the ball of Mme.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 33 SOUBRETTE AND MISTRESS
3  But the king soon again became dull and indisposed; his brow was not one of those that long remain clear.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 67 CONCLUSION
4  It had slipped my memory that you have good reasons to be indisposed for joining in my chatter.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
5  Mrs. Jenkinson was chiefly employed in watching how little Miss de Bourgh ate, pressing her to try some other dish, and fearing she was indisposed.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29
6  Three days afterwards, this poor vulture, which has been very much indisposed since that dinner, suddenly feels very giddy while flying aloft in the clouds, and falls heavily into a fish-pond.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 52. Toxicology.
7  Determined not to quit Marianne, though hopeless of contributing, at present, to her ease, she hurried away to excuse herself from attending Mrs. Jennings, on account of her sister being indisposed.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 29
8  After finishing her dinner she went to her room, having instructed the boy to tell any other callers that she was indisposed.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XVII
9  Because I feel indisposed to do so.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  Sheila Jones is indisposed, so the part of the Countess will be sung tonight by Della Drake.
2  One of them was indisposed with a cold and couldn't come.
3  She has a headache and is rather indisposed.