discomfort
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But his art continually plays with discomfort and awkwardness in human interactions in a way that is painfully familiar to those of us who live it everyday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
"Outside of the immense discomfort they cause by itching, they don't usually carry any health risks", he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
In the first three months after insertion, for instance, 69 percent of participants experienced heavy bleeding, and 28 percent had pelvic discomfort.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
Laveaux is mostly used to the makeup but admits to occasional discomfort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
He did not answer, and I was aware again of that feeling of discomfort, as though I had trespassed on forbidden ground.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
As the latest heat wave discomforts Europe, France is arguing about air conditioning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
After the interview, Isaac and co-host Ronald Young Jr. talk about the challenges and discomforts of self-promotion.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2024
They demonstrate that resilience is not always about unwavering composure but about challenging the status quo, addressing discomforts with candor, and urging listeners to find strength beyond the lures of capitalism.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024
Eventually, she says her feeling of "personal responsibility" outweighed the discomforts of her pregnancy.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2023
But her daughter can only wallow in her own discomforts.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
The unapologetically Black person wears their Blackness every day, regardless of who is offended or discomforted by it.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
He found movement to take the edges of Crawley and Root, then bounced out the discomforted Smith.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 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
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
It serves as a reminder of the discomforting way the true crime genre has trained us to consume tragedy and turn murderers, victims, and loved ones left behind into characters.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2022
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
Something is discomforting about a sun that gives no heat but keeps shining.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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