discomfort

There was no sign of discomfort or irritation as he sat and spoke.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Mr. Chabal detects “a good deal of repression” and a discomfort with Jewishness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

But other times we have to stop because of discomfort or panic, a reality that affects us for the worse.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

In the latest twist in Shohei Ohtani’s battle with left knee discomfort, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts held him out of the lineup Thursday against the Seattle Mariners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Instead, my profound discomfort will be a springboard that will propel me toward a better reality.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

In India, where marriage and motherhood are regarded as the ultimate goal and a sacred duty for most women, a play talking about the discomforts of a mother comes as a refreshing change.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

“The great humiliation of feeling that I am a prisoner is killing me far more than any other discomforts I have to endure,” he wrote—though in fact he felt no humiliation whatsoever.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

He found movement to take the edges of Crawley and Root, then bounced out the discomforted Smith.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 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

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

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

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

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

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

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson