discomfort

There’s a trade-off: We experience a little emotional discomfort by being constantly surveilled, but we are rewarded with the more physical comforts of safety and efficiency.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

In his first appearance since June, the 24-year-old Briton took France's Terence Atmane to three sets before recurring discomfort appeared to limit his play and he lost 6-3 2-6 6-2.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

People are showing up in barely-there outfits to business conferences and weddings, prompting shock and discomfort among other attendees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Actors, musicians and performers train to inhabit perspectives not their own, to remain present through discomfort, and to sustain attention across time.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

But this discomfort was worth it because when he gripped the mattock, a digging tool that looked a lot like a spear, his blisters thanked him by not erupting in pain.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Fans eagerly complain on social media about the creature discomforts of these overstuffed shows: the long lines, the high-priced drinks, the overlapping sets that mean you have to choose between your two favorite bands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2024

After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the challenges and discomforts of self-promotion.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2024

There's menopause, with its discomforts and night sweats.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2023

Emma suffered from morning sickness and other discomforts of pregnancy; Charles had headaches and was often nauseated.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

Boland was poor in the first innings, but first discomforted Duckett with a blow to the back elbow then drew the left-hander into a poke to second slip.

From BBC ● Nov. 22, 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

There were moments when Mitchell played rash drives at James Anderson and was briefly discomforted by short balls from Stokes, while Blundell looked skittish when leg-spinner Matt Parkinson came into the attack.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2022

All the same, the reproof in John Holbrook’s voice left her discomforted.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

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

The discomforting reality is that, while Altman and his ilk have been predicting an exponential acceleration of productivity, we have been experiencing a deceleration.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023

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

Something is discomforting about a sun that gives no heat but keeps shining.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson