discomfort
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"It created discomfort, no doubt about that," Champagne told AFP when asked if the Russian finance minister's unexpected appearance impacted meetings.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
They don’t play down the discomfort of telling children where meat comes from, especially considering the “rosy, anthropomorphic view of life on the farm” in many children’s books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Although persistent knee discomfort can have many causes, osteoarthritis is one of the most common.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
There was no sign of discomfort or irritation as he sat and spoke.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Any discomfort would be worth getting back to Ashton Place.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
As the latest heat wave discomforts Europe, France is arguing about air conditioning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the challenges and discomforts of self-promotion.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2024
For Mason Kidd, a 22-year-old freelance film producer, those are small discomforts worth bearing to watch history.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
They demonstrate that resilience is not always about unwavering composure but about challenging the status quo, addressing discomforts with candor, and urging listeners to find strength beyond the lures of capitalism.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024
The floor was made of warped planks lull of splinters, and his sleeping pallet smelled of mildew, but those discomforts were mild compared to what Davos had expected.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
He was lively with the new ball and again after lunch, when he discomforted Jacks.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025
He was discomforted on 19 by a Carse blow to the ribs - an area England did not explore often enough.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
Though he was discomforted by the bumper barrage, Head fully deserved his sixth Test hundred.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2023
Mr. Kriegel’s raw emotion, it was plain, discomforted them.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
I apologized by instinct to him for this mishap which discomforted only me.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Stark, discomforting amplification diminishes intimacy and the luxurious richness of Bullock’s soprano, which easily fills a room on its own, suggests quiet terror, the lonely state of Nina Simone’s “Images.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2026
That calmed worries that had built on Wall Street that the inflation data could show a discomforting reacceleration.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The absence of a human hand — made glaring and discomforting through the tiniest lapses of approximated intuition — can render the listening experience a valueless exchange, the music a bunk currency.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023
If your thirst for strange Santas is still not quenched, this discomforting Mexican morality tale will be the gift that keeps on giving — nightmares, that is.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
Something is discomforting about a sun that gives no heat but keeps shining.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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