discomfort
Example Sentences
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Although it is typically temporary, surgery triggers biological changes including inflammation and increased sensitivity within the body's pain pathways, which can intensify discomfort.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
She warned that even when washed ashore and appearing dead, their stinging cells can remain active and still cause discomfort and urged people to admire them from a distance.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Like many nurses, we read the article with discomfort, knowing the nuances beneath the veneer of national salary statistics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
To equate discomfort and/or brief awkwardness with artistic inferiority is a losing game for those who claim to love movies.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
Now, she realized how silly it had been to ask him; of course he would never understand the discomfort that came with being a part of the gloss that was her parents’ life.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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