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

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

The result is both thought-provoking and readable, though Willis Aronowitz's frankness has provoked a lot of discomfited responses.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2022

Our schoolteacher, Miss Harbottle, had glossed over Mr. Darwin, looking discomfited as she did so.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly