Example Sentences

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It was discomforting to not know where to begin, or what I wished to say.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2022

In Williamson, Karen Reynolds, 65, a retired Mingo County teacher who lives a stone’s throw from the facility, said it was discomforting to look out at night and see darkness where it stands.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2020

And then it was discomforting to see Huck eying Joe's preparations so wistfully, and keeping up such an ominous silence.

From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4. by Twain, Mark

This was discomforting news, for it would seem that if tidings had come of the return of Mul-tal-la, something also would have been said of his companions, who belonged to another race.

From Deerfoot in The Mountains by Davis, John Steeple