discomfort

Most of us have difficulty digesting lactose to different degrees, but there are ways to minimize discomfort.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Over time, this position can contribute to what is commonly called text neck, a posture problem that may have consequences beyond neck discomfort.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

In a world of sanitised celebrity profiles, Kim's portrayal of upheaval and discomfort is unusual.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Dollar-cost averaging, for example, can make sense when you’re investing new money and want to reduce the psychological discomfort of investing a lump sum.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

“We owed the bank money,” Dad says, his face twisting in discomfort.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

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

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

“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

The news outlet called Lamar "an ambitious and searingly talented poet from Compton working through his - and the world’s - contradictions on the biggest stage, forever discomforted by his crown".

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024

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

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

If your thirst for strange Santas is still not quenched, this discomforting Mexican morality tale will be the gift that keeps on giving — nightmares, that is.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

His desperation and menace emerged from act to act in a jarring time-lapse, and his chronically unbalanced chemistry with Leonard overloaded his José with discomforting pathos.

From Washington Post ● May 15, 2022

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

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson