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Meanings of own discomfiture in inglês

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Usage of own discomfiture in inglês
1
By their own blindness and obstinacy they brought about their own discomfiture.
Count Ulrich of Lindburg: A Tale of the Reformation in Germany
2
His appreciation of his own discomfiture was too large for any expression.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
3
His efforts to injure Walter had only led to his own discomfiture.
Walter Sherwood's Probation
4
Surely no dramatist ever jested more over his own discomfiture.
A Book of the Play / Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Sto...
5
Geoffrey Barrington started to laugh at his own discomfiture.
Kimono
6
To court their own discomfiture by love is a common instinct with certain perfervid women.
The Return of the Native
7
The King and the Marechal de Belle-Isle would not tell the story of their own discomfiture.
The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
8
Her own discomfiture had been offset by his.
A Man's Woman
9
Cold and disgusted as he was, Stanton could not altogether help laughing at his own discomfiture.
Molly Make-Believe
10
She was not stupid; Robert Grant Burns knew to his own discomfiture that she was not stupid.
Jean of the Lazy A
11
He laughed again at his own discomfiture.
The Brimming Cup
12
See, my lord, if this thing is done to him it will be to your own discomfiture.
No Defense, Volume 3.
13
Wretched as we must be at this reflection, we generously resort to-ourscissors, and publish our own discomfiture.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 11, 1841
14
Suddenly Marcus Gard began to laugh, as he had laughed that day long ago, at his own discomfiture.
Out of the Ashes
15
Presently they were seated at dinner, and Aunt Barbara could not help enlarging a little on her own discomfiture.
Michael
16
Considering the circumstances, Mr. Fullarton's laugh, and attempt at a jest on his own discomfiture, did him infinite credit.
Sword and Gown: A Novel
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