make uncomfortable
Example Sentences
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The folly of youth and the harsh realities of old age make uncomfortable bedfellows.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
That is likely to make uncomfortable reading for the ECB, which targets price growth of 2%, as it suggests that inflation is increasingly being fuelled by excess demand and is at risk of becoming entrenched.
From Reuters • Sep. 30, 2022
"Areas of the report make uncomfortable reading and I want to offer my sincere apologies to the families of those killed and injured for the failings identified in this report," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2022
Albert Bonfil, director of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Los Angeles, doesn’t recommend trying to make uncomfortable media more tolerable; “emotional avoidance,” as he describes it, generally isn’t helpful.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021
To have to make uncomfortable haste to be first, or else to await shivering the good pleasure of your next-door neighbor, is according to Mr. Rodney, a hardship too great for human endurance.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess