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Rosalynn Carter may have disconcerted her somewhat formal South American hosts by speaking so casually on her recent tour of what "Jimmy" thought and what "Jimmy" meant to do.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cause of his sudden stopping was startling enough to have disconcerted a much older performer.

From Messenger No. 48 by Otis, James

The tones of her voice would have disconcerted any one but Emma.

From Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life by Jones, Adele W.

What would have disconcerted or rendered furious an ordinary person did not move the spirit of Beaumarchais.

From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.

It had been a swift maneuvre on Jack's part, and it might have disconcerted a younger man and driven him into ill-considered action.

From The Odds And Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)