discomforting
Example Sentences
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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 discomforting intimacy of the sequence has stayed with him.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
It serves as a reminder of the discomforting way the true crime genre has trained us to consume tragedy and turn murderers, victims, and loved ones left behind into characters.
From Salon • Sep. 30, 2022
The robot’s movements, informed by years of studying how birds walk, include a slight sway in its frame when it is at rest, to dispel the discomforting stillness that bothers humans.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 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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