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Discomfited by the utterances of such Asian tourists as Jane Fonda and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Rogers had Hoffa's validation for travel to North Viet Nam voided on a technicality.

From Time Magazine Archive

Discomfited but unsubmitting, the Graphic publishd an editorial.

From Time Magazine Archive

Discomfited and mortified, he turned on big Andrew Pozzo, the leader of the town boys.

From The Boy Life of Napoleon Afterwards Emperor of the French by Foa, Eugenie

With sudden spasm Convulsion shook him sore, and on his back Discomfited he lay.

From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)

Discomfited and wounded—oh, how wounded!—her lips refused to speak.

From Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Drinkwater, Jennie M.