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It felt a bit like being in a group therapy session in which you alone are the primary and discomfited focus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

I came away from “Notes to John” feeling discomfited and saddened — though literary scholars may read it as providing context with which to deconstruct a great writer’s oeuvre.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

A discomfited Scheffler could not sustain his challenge and Xander Schauffele capitalised to land his first major.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

Easily discomfited when danced into corners from which the only escape is introspection.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

“If Miss Havisham wished to see me,” returned Mr. Pumblechook, discomfited.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens