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

Vernon understood, presently, that not even that evening at Thirion's could give the key to this uncomforting change.

From The Incomplete Amorist by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

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

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