Which preposition to use with disconcert
Instead of being at all annoyed or disconcerted at the mirth of his class-mates, the youngster seemed rather to enjoy the joke, and immediately rattled out a semi-humorous reply to the master's question, "D I G, dig; G O R Y, goryDiggory: T R E, tre; VAN, van; O C K, ockTrevanock."
These conditions were disconcerting to good shooting, the lower temperatures not having been contemplated by those who compiled our range table in England.
His eyes dropped and he seemed disconcerted for a minute, then he said: "No, no; I'll send it by Jason; I've not written it yet;" and he turned away from her and resumed his pacing to and fro.
" The Bravo resumed his disguise with the readiness of one long practised in its use, but with a composure that was not so easily disconcerted as that of the more sensitive senator.
Etta Bamborough had never been disconcerted in her life yet; this incident came very near to bringing about the catastrophe.
" Therewith he entered the shanty, leaving me a little disconcerted with so uncertain, not to say suspicious, a reception.
Nor were they less disconcerted on learning that all the nobility of the province were constant visitors at her Court; and that she had established herself in her government so thoroughly that she evidently entertained no intention of abandoning her post.
John was rather disconcerted over this when she told him about it.
But Mr. Boyer was much more disconcerted than myself.