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discomfort

[dis-kuhm-fert] / dɪsˈkʌm fərt /




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“It involves physical discomfort if you’re getting it wrong, so they’re learning how to move through that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Common obstacles include discomfort, limited time, and the physical demands of conventional exercise programs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

"But equally when you're in pain or it's itching and you've got discomfort, living with it is just as bad."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

For Fielder, who is equal parts lovably strange and dryly hilarious, offsetting other people’s discomfort can be a sizable task.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

The light in the hall burned his eyes and the odor in the cell made every breath a discomfort.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

As the latest heat wave discomforts Europe, France is arguing about air conditioning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

SuperMouth ULTIM8 SmartBrush System – Toothbrushes have long been one of travel’s little discomforts — often still damp from use, or less than effective when you pack a separate “travel” brush.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025

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

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

The unapologetically Black person wears their Blackness every day, regardless of who is offended or discomforted by it.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

He was lively with the new ball and again after lunch, when he discomforted Jacks.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

It is not a given that Newey would be discomforted by Horner's departure.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2024

Mr. Kriegel’s raw emotion, it was plain, discomforted them.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

“Of course — everyone knows —” muttered Mr. Diggory, looking highly discomforted.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

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

His modal vocabulary, flecked with pentatonic and other outré accents, could be profoundly ambiguous — sometimes stark, as in “Job,” a ballet in all but name, and sometimes discomforting, as in the otherworldly Sixth.

From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

But there are times to make people uncomfortable enough that they stop discomforting others.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022

But the fact is, once I had sat down to supper at their table, once a number of their neighbours had come calling, a most discomforting set of events began to unfold around me.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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