Therefore, I declined Mr. Christopher's invitation with the flimsy excuse that I was indisposed and needed treatment at a place outside Beijing.
THOMAS QUASTHOFF Even at less than his best, this bass-baritone can be impressive, as he proved recently, mildly indisposed in a recital at the Mostly Mozart Festival.
Even at less than his best, this bass-baritone can be impressive, as he proved last summer, mildly indisposed in a fine recital at the Mostly Mozart Festival.
The trouble with those expedients is that some of us are indisposed to have a drink at five-thirty when dinner is scheduled for six and the lecture for eight.
Nicolas Sarkozy, the newly elected president of France, said at the time that "Bush is slightly indisposed this morning and will rejoin the working meeting as soon as he can".
His first break came when he was offered the post of assistant conductor at the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in 1957, and two years later Mozart came to the rescue when Davis took over from an indisposed Otto Klemperer in a concert performance of Don Giovanni at the Royal Festival Hall.
[Weinberger] was handicapped by the fact that Washington was sensitive about his teeth until quite late in life and even to his diary would say only "I was indisposed today" when he had had a toothache, or "Stayed at home today" when he'd really remained there to receive a dentist.
Full disclosure: I chaired the lecture, stepping in at the last moment because the original chair, Steve Hewlett, was indisposed.
At St Luke's on Sunday afternoon, numbers 5 and 6 were performed by Glass himself – a surprise (he gamely stepped in because the advertised pianist was indisposed).
I behaved quite normally that evening though at the end, when he asked if Minn would welcome a visit from Bubl, I replied smoothly that she was indisposed.
