"That's a good deal so," said Fulkerson, Disordering his hair.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells
In six months she knew more about his odd friends and hobbies than his own brothers and sisters knew, after living with him all his life; and Ralph found this very pleasant, though Disordering, for his own view of himself had always been profoundly serious.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
A gentle intellectual exercise, involved in learning by rote, reciting, and singing the songs that direct the plays, takes the rudeness out and puts intelligence into that exhilaration of the animal spirits which healthy children crave, and prevents it from exhausting the body or Disordering the mind; the joyous association of the children with each other aiding this effect.
"Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School"
Elizabeth P. Peabody