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 more than the medal, it would have been the aura the Scot seemed to run with that might have discomfited him.
From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024
Evan, at least, had the decency to look slightly discomfited while Isabelle whined, plaintively and squeakily.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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