Example Sentences

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“Giant” is a probing character study that raises the discomfiting question of how a man of intelligence and imagination could hold such atavistic and pernicious views.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The author says Prescott was in a "class of his own when it came to discomfiting Charles".

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

This second rationale is discomfiting because it appears to target speech on the basis of its content, which is rarely permitted under the First Amendment.

From Slate • Jan. 17, 2025

A snail is an equally comforting and discomfiting creature.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

I never expected to be someone who hired others to maintain my image, and at first the idea was discomfiting.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama