uncomforting

Example Sentences

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Mencken is admired for his tickling wit, not for his uncomforting, uncomfortable common sense.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the Editors: President Ford's words comprise the most uncomforting assessment of the State of the Union that the American people have had to hear.

From Time Magazine Archive

A snarl and a flash of fangs, and that dog would wail his indignation to the uncomforting stars while White Fang finished his portion for him.

From White Fang by London, Jack

I racked my brains for something to say, but everything that occurred to me seemed the flattest of uncomforting commonplaces.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

Is not the truth often an uncomforting and uncomfortable thing?

From Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion by Peabody, Francis Greenwood