discomfited

Example Sentences

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It felt a bit like being in a group therapy session in which you alone are the primary and discomfited focus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

I came away from “Notes to John” feeling discomfited and saddened — though literary scholars may read it as providing context with which to deconstruct a great writer’s oeuvre.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

Easily discomfited when danced into corners from which the only escape is introspection.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

But he was discomfited by the capricious bounces of last month’s US Open at Pinehurst, a rare event where he failed to trouble the leaderboard operatives.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024

“Ay, ay!” said she, looking at the discomfited and envious Sarah, with delight.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens