discomfort

She says everyday activities that once came with substantial discomfort are now much easier.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Assume the face is fully legible to us, as, Ms. Bound-Alberti says, “in medicine when healthcare professionals use facial expressions to determine a person’s pain, discomfort or emotional state.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

I sense that part of your discomfort with cutting her off is that this is a new friend, and I can empathize.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Ohtani hasn’t pitched since July 3 against the San Diego Padres, managing swelling and discomfort in his left knee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

No matter how sedulously Ben and Mary Anne prepared for the nightmare, nothing could ameliorate their discomfort at entering a new high school for their annual pilgrimage among strangers.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

There's menopause, with its discomforts and night sweats.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2023

I had not considered that travel would have so many discomforts.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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 Head made a silky 146 on day one, he was discomforted by the short ball, and when a fired-up Siraj went short again on Thursday morning, Head gloved down the leg side.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2023

Mr. Kriegel’s raw emotion, it was plain, discomforted them.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

There were moments when Mitchell played rash drives at James Anderson and was briefly discomforted by short balls from Stokes, while Blundell looked skittish when leg-spinner Matt Parkinson came into the attack.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 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

The robot’s movements, informed by years of studying how birds walk, include a slight sway in its frame when it is at rest, to dispel the discomforting stillness that bothers humans.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 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

But the fact is, once I had sat down to supper at their table, once a number of their neighbours had come calling, a most discomforting set of events began to unfold around me.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro