make uncomfortable
Example Sentences
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The folly of youth and the harsh realities of old age make uncomfortable bedfellows.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
That is likely to make uncomfortable reading for the ECB, which targets price growth of 2%, as it suggests that inflation is increasingly being fuelled by excess demand and is at risk of becoming entrenched.
From Reuters • Sep. 30, 2022
Albert Bonfil, director of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Los Angeles, doesn’t recommend trying to make uncomfortable media more tolerable; “emotional avoidance,” as he describes it, generally isn’t helpful.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021
The survey is its first major piece of work, and will make uncomfortable reading for many in the music industry.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2021
For all this display of extravagance, Herennia was of only very mediocre beauty; and it was on this account that she was always glad to make uncomfortable flings at her "dear friend" Cornelia, whenever possible.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
