discomfort

This is a patient, deeply considered work, yet one electric with idiosyncratic detail and the discomfort of reckoning with the realities of class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Josh Svetz, a Los Angeles writer and music consultant, shared a similar experience, noting laughter during both the film’s intentionally humorous moments and chuckles that drowned out moments of discomfort.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Those with sensitive gastrointestinal systems should consult a doctor as it could cause gas, bloating and other GI discomfort.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

"There was a benefit to having it, because the character is in discomfort," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"Sandi will show you," he said, putting his daughter between himself and Mrs. Fanning, who laughed at his discomfort.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

In India, where marriage and motherhood are regarded as the ultimate goal and a sacred duty for most women, a play talking about the discomforts of a mother comes as a refreshing change.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2023

He owed it to his people to take these discomforts in stride.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

The unapologetically Black person wears their Blackness every day, regardless of who is offended or discomforted by it.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

The news outlet called Lamar "an ambitious and searingly talented poet from Compton working through his - and the world’s - contradictions on the biggest stage, forever discomforted by his crown".

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024

Jaiswal, who made a double century in the second Test, was discomforted by Wood's pace and poked to slip.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024

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

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

I apologized by instinct to him for this mishap which discomforted only me.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

Well, there’s a funny hidden message there, which is kind of discomforting if you really think about it.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

If your thirst for strange Santas is still not quenched, this discomforting Mexican morality tale will be the gift that keeps on giving — nightmares, that is.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

Something is discomforting about a sun that gives no heat but keeps shining.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson