Example Sentences

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But more than the medal, it would have been the aura the Scot seemed to run with that might have discomfited him.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

The action won popular coverage on Chinese social media, though it may have discomfited his hosts with their more aloof style of leadership.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2022

At 6ft 5in his height alone would have discomfited the celebrated champion, and had he landed a blow with that murderous right fist even Ali's famed jaw might have suffered.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2012

Stuffy's convictions have discomfited, enraged and educated newsmen and newspapers all over the Midwest.

From Time Magazine Archive

But to reply thus would have discomfited her and perhaps have brought a sharp reply.

From The Two-Gun Man by Seltzer, Charles Alden