How To Use Uncomfortable In A Sentence

The human species has not evolved such that it can tolerate sitting in that southwesterly location, behind uninsulated glass, leaning on a heat absorbing table of dark steel and not be grossly uncomfortable.
There are ways around this, but these involve a level of hackery that will make many uncomfortable.
an uncomfortable day in the hot sun
The "clack" of the Nikon has created so many uncomfortable moments distracting the talent and most recently Kid Rock asked me to use a different camera. News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
I don't have time to absorb much, though: some white-coated women and Dr Stone chivvy me towards an uncomfortable-looking chair.

But I am uncomfortable with the way he talks me into buying and wearing the costumes. The Sun
He always talks about her to me, and I feel so uncomfortable and miserable.
Most of us tend to entertain our friends in the family room; a formal dining room becomes a mail sorting place, and a formal living room is a museum for curios and uncomfortable furniture.
He has made derogative remarks, made players uncomfortable playing for him, and is not leading the team in the right direction.
It is an uncomfortable feeling to find in her sickness the conventions of beauty - boniness and pallor.
The government may finally find itself forced to address a subject that it has previously found uncomfortable. Times, Sunday Times
In these environmentally conscious times, this is an uncomfortable growth industry.
If you feel uncomfortable about it, though, you can opt out by contacting your bank. Times, Sunday Times
If we feel uncomfortable, achy, or even delirious during the course of a fever, these sensations are due to the toxicity that the fever is working to rid us of.
And I think this is one of the major things that makes people ill at ease and uncomfortable'. Times, Sunday Times
Kelly is portrayed as a slow witted young man, with a strong sense of injustice, who feels uncomfortable in the role of gunslinger.
These uncomfortable lumps are caused by too much pressure on the blood vessels around your bottom. The Sun
Then he noticed that sitting next to her was a man who seemed very uncomfortable, touching her arm trying to coax her down. Christianity Today
It's very uncomfortable living in a dirty hovel like ours.
He is also able to bring the ball back off the seam into right-handers, a quality that makes two of India's top batsmen, Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman, look distinctly uncomfortable.
Keeping the heat inside Sitting in a draughty room will lower your body temperature and make you feel cold and uncomfortable.
He was a mediocre speaker, uncomfortable in circumstances of political manoeuvre, often either too hesitant or too precipitate in action, and wedded to a proud independence that interfered with the building of successful alliances.
It is, to say the least, uncomfortable seeing such pain inflicted on an innocent man.
No one will kotow to you, or serenade you on a koto; rather, you'll be threatened with celotomy or colotomy, equally uncomfortable, or with banishment to Cotonou or Cotopani. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 2
The weight of the overcoat made it uncomfortable to wear.
In the 1890s, women some women found they could cast off their impractical and uncomfortable clothing in favour of pantaloons.
It's not that it's been hot so much as the very high humidity that's made me feel darned uncomfortable.
When she felt uncomfortable, Claire would glance down at her birthmark on the dorsal area of her left wrist.
He is finding the plaster uncomfortable because the skin underneath feels itchy. Times, Sunday Times
However, in these scenes you will present the non-drinking alternatives prior to the client experiencing any significant uncomfortable or aversive reactions.
By this point, I'm pretty much immune to any potential sexual peer pressure, and won't easily give into doing anything I'm uncomfortable with.
A heat rash, for example, is one of the problems that can make you feel really uncomfortable.
My hotel room was small, airless and uncomfortable.
Stockings can be uncomfortable, especially in hot weather.
And when Chippy Hackee got home, he found he had caught a cold in his head; and he was more uncomfortable still.
Rob shivered a little, cold and uncomfortable lying on the firm, hard ground.
For that reason, I felt uncomfortable in our negotiations and decided not to conclude any agreements with him. Times, Sunday Times
Their doctrine is one we find uncomfortable to work with. Times, Sunday Times
It was an uncomfortable situation for him. Times, Sunday Times
DYSPEPSIA–Also called indigestion, this is an uncomfortable feeling of fullness and bloating after eating. The Most Complete Food Counter, 2nd Edition
He is uncomfortable with crowds and prefers his home surroundings. Times, Sunday Times
His body is an angular, jutting emblem of a body uncomfortable everywhere.
To the long-running, uncomfortable faux lovers 'quarrels with Simon Cowell and his equally embarrassing interviews with the singers, he has now added an arsenal of odd behaviors, ranging from petulant snits to flighty overexuberance. It's time for producers to fix 'American Idol,' and here's how
If this bald truth makes any one of us feel uncomfortable, we can take some solace in knowing we are not the only species to exploit the lie.
However, in these scenes you will present the non-drinking alternatives prior to the client experiencing any significant uncomfortable or aversive reactions.
The ward was clearly badly managed anyway - the idea of mixing genders in the alcoves made a lot of people very uncomfortable.
You don't know how uncomfortable it is to be a shut-in unless you have been one before.
An awkward and uncomfortable atmosphere pervades the tense setting.
If you have an uncomfortable mattress make changing it a priority. Times, Sunday Times
Avoid this if you have a hiatus hernia as it may cause uncomfortable burning. Stay Well This Winter
However, in these scenes you will present the non-drinking alternatives prior to the client experiencing any significant uncomfortable or aversive reactions.
You preach some messages that are pretty uncomfortable for people to hear-messages people have heard often, but not necessarily taken to heart.
Park's naturalistic depiction of brutal violence and sadistic torture often make for uncomfortable viewing.
She would read, she would write, and she would be free from 'unhealthful, uncomfortable ... inconvenient ... fettering, hampering, monstrous skirts'. The Times Literary Supplement
It can be more accurately described as an uncomfortable viewing experience - but that's because it tells a brutal and uncomfortable story.
Insoles might also be worth checking - a second pair of boots I bought had uncomfortable insoles, so I replaced them with a set that is more comfy but also seems to make them squeak.
The ancient and largely uncomfortable seating would be replaced and the giant 2,300-seater Oval Hall redecorated and a new carpet laid.
These devices are substantially attracted to the static magnetic field of magnetic resonance systems and, therefore, may be uncomfortable or injurious to a patient undergoing an MRI procedure.
I felt embarrassed and uncomfortable. Times, Sunday Times
Chicken wire just beneath the soil surface makes it uncomfortable and difficult to dig. Times, Sunday Times
My only niggle is that the seams on the top of the shoulder are quite prominent and uncomfortable.
That made her feel uncomfortable. Times, Sunday Times
Having said that, unless you are happy spending a day being bounced up and down in a pronouncedly uncomfortable ‘hard seat’, booking sleeper tickets in advance for about 100 yuan is a good idea.
Men do not actually "die of a rose in aromatic pain," though many may become uncomfortable and fidgety by sniffing delicious wattle-blossom; and one of the crinum lilies owes its specific title, (PESTILENTIS) to the ill effects of its stainless flowers, those who camp in places where the plant is plentiful being apt to be seized with violent sickness. My Tropic Isle
Noelle didn't squirm or fidget, but she appeared uncomfortable.
This vagary makes me uncomfortable, because politicians have a long history of making stupid decisions about gray areas.
He developed a tearful roar which he would use when thwarted, and a persistent self-pitying grizzle when he was bored or uncomfortable. THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD
The trip was expensive and uncomfortable.
He said timetabling extra services could help tackle uncomfortable overcrowding, especially during rush hours.
Later I realised that what made me uncomfortable was not that they looked like the inmates of those cattle trucks.
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He tried to push these uncomfortable thoughts to the back of his mind.
If you are uncomfortable operating a piece of heavy equipment, consider hiring a commercial jobber.
I felt embarrassed and uncomfortable. Times, Sunday Times
Under his intense gaze she felt uncomfortable.
People were shifting in their seats, looking uncomfortable.
We were trying to get him in uncomfortable situations, and he's a little more uncomfortable when he pitches from the stretch," Brewers outfielder Mike Cameron said. Hamels nearly untouchable as Phils down Brewers in opener
As the flights lasted up to eighteen hours disembarking passengers were invariably cold and uncomfortable.
But the WEA leadership, uncomfortable with political comment, preferred a blanket adherence to official neutralism, exacerbating strained relations with their energetic editor, William Emrys Williams.
He was encouraged to resume a normal fluid intake and not to restrict fluids because his bladder felt uncomfortable.
And if you're stuck in a truly uncomfortable situation, speak with a flight attendant.
She fidgeted on her spot, shifting from one foot to another as an uncomfortable silence filled the air, but she was saved when her stomach started grumbling loudly.
I took no view, but always felt uncomfortable that his dogged insistence on his innocence should count against him. Times, Sunday Times
One man, young and bearded and uncomfortable in his seat, crosses and uncrosses his legs, before being pointed towards a doorway.
As Mami and Papi finished dressing, the girls watched, fussing at their tights, an uncomfortable new article of clothing.
He tried to push these uncomfortable thoughts to the back of his mind.
It might even be more uncomfortable to see the world through the mind of someone who thinks exactly like you do.
Even people who have dealt with my transition in a very sophisticated way are uncomfortable with the fact that we are two women living together and legally married.
I was seriously uncomfortable, and the baseball-sized knot on the back of my head throbbed and pulsated with every fearful beat of my heart. Show Stoppah
We did not answer, because now, for the first time, it came over all of us, in a rush of blushes and uncomfortableness, that burying a fox is a suspicious act. The Wouldbegoods
It was damnably uncomfortable, having a lump on one's head the size of a fist and tied with strong hemp rope.
Feeling uncomfortable about technologies that promise to make us more attractive seems a little silly, but I am mistrustful of the version of the good life that seems to be proposed by plastic surgery.
The letter was an uncomfortable reminder of my debts.
In the short term, political instability can be very uncomfortable. Times, Sunday Times
Her letters therefore reveal a web of motives and sly manipulation that her uncomfortable position encouraged.
‘He's uncomfortable with it, so I tend to do it secretly, when I'm alone in the house or by cloistering myself in the bathroom,’ she admits.
Cora refused to wear such a confining and uncomfortable article of clothing as the wimple, which wrapped around a woman's head and neck.
If I have just met you and really like you, you might be a bit uncomfortable since I am a bit touchy-feely and would want to hug you right out of the gate.
He is looking for people like Paul, who will be willing to submit themselves to difficult situations, and uncomfortable circumstances, in order to use them to make an impact.
The mum of two also said her chair was uncomfortable - but claimed her demands for a replacement were snubbed. The Sun
He started to get a bit uncomfortable as the conversation continued.
I'm sorry, I know that these are uncomfortable, even brutal questions, but they must be asked.
She always felt slightly uncomfortable in a hat.
It is most important (and many unpractised performers fall down here) to relocate to a simply awful site - at the very least, a desperately uncomfortable sofa but, ideally, under a thin towel on the hard, freezing floor of the bathroom.
Times of greeting and sharing in a public context, especially with strangers or distant acquaintances, are unnatural and sometimes painfully uncomfortable. Christianity Today
The request for money made them feel uncomfortable.
Bryan tittered nervously, and the two men sat in a very uncomfortable hot silence.
I couldn't sleep because the bed was so uncomfortable.
Admittedly, by reporting this blatant publicity stunt, we're fueling it to some extent, and that makes us a tad uncomfortable.
The weight of the overcoat made it uncomfortable to wear.
But it passed by as any uncomfortable night sleeping on a wooden floor in a draughty house. Times, Sunday Times
Having an entourage of people hanging out in the background can make potential interviewees uncomfortable. Christianity Today
Employees and managers alike are uncomfortable with distributing bonus payments under gain sharing without regard to individual contribution.
I was a little uncomfortable to say the least when I saw members of the cast were blacked up but I assumed they must have been given permission to do so.
The journey was short and fast, but strangely uncomfortable.
Though justified on grounds of profile and race sponsorship, it is a mightily uncomfortable compromise for a supposedly front-rank sport. Times, Sunday Times
I wanted to make the audience feel as uncomfortable and claustrophobic as the victim. Times, Sunday Times
These two develop the degree of intense chemistry that only mature actors can muster (and which might make some less experienced performers uncomfortable); their interaction feels entirely unfeigned.
Even a soft body brush can feel uncomfortable if the bristles are stuck into the skin.
We were getting more and more uncomfortable as we jogged along in the back of the truck.
The suit was skintight, but not in an uncomfortable way.
Todd Seek likely would have been uncomfortable with Wednesday's pomp and circumstance honoring the couple, Rueg - segger said with a smile, evoking laughter from the audience. Coloradoan.com - Local News
The 47-year-old had all her teeth removed because of gum disease and faced a lifetime of wearing uncomfortable dentures. The Sun
If the child is very uncomfortable and restless, wet a washcloth with tepid water and arnica tincture (you should be able to find this at your local natural foods store or vitamin shop) or lemon juice.
An uncomfortable feeling of fullness, or of dullness and stupor after a meal is a sure sign of over-eating, so whatever and whenever you eat, _eat slowly, masticate your food well_, and DO NOT EAT TOO MUCH. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Be
And women politicians always look really uncomfortable wearing glittery skirts all the time. Times, Sunday Times
Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous. Voltaire
They were asked to support one another, to have conversations even when they were uncomfortable, and to be honest and upfront at all times.
It is pretty normal for me to break out into a sweat within about 5 seconds of being in an uncomfortable situation.
I averted my gaze and felt uncomfortable.
Looking at her, at the patches of red skin regrown across her frostbitten face, he was uncomfortable, too. THE BROKEN GOD
My strange shoes felt uncomfortable and my right calf muscle pulled each time my foot left the track's cinder surface.
It was an uncomfortable situation for him. Times, Sunday Times
Firstly that initial training courses for native speaker teachers have traditionally taken place (and still do) in multilingual settings in the UK and secondly that itinerant native speaker teachers feel uncomfortable with translation in class if they don’t speak the learners L1. T is for Translation « An A-Z of ELT
It is evident that the only person feeling "uncomfortable" with this story is, er, you, 'sonny' ; There are sources and there are sources
But a series of ill-tempered and evasive interviews left Weiner in an even more uncomfortable position. Weinergate limps on as congressman adds new wrinkle | Richard Adams
They would also be relieved of that very uncomfortable obligation of investigating their colleagues.
People often feel uncomfortable with that concept, but I don't have a problem with it.
It was probably due to nervous jitters or exhaustion, but the boys almost seemed uncomfortable to be up on stage.
This makes uncomfortable reading when we recall the big freeze of six years ago. Times, Sunday Times
Beetles are usually identified by observing differences in the male's genitalia, which sport all sorts of uncomfortable-looking protuberances.
The meetings between her parents were strained and uncomfortable.
But I am uncomfortable with the way he talks me into buying and wearing the costumes. The Sun
He looked distinctly uncomfortable when the subject was mentioned.
Moore said she was torn about responding or retweeting that woman's post but felt uncomfortable just letting it go
We three girls sat on very uncomfortable upright chairs around the mock-Jacobean dining table.
One would ordinarily shift from a physical position which grows increasingly uncomfortable, but the meditator does not.
She was so hot and uncomfortable that she only climbed by exerting all her strength. Heidi
It isn't hurting all that much, but the itching is periodically enthralling in a remarkably unpleasant way, and the clogged Eustachian tube is an uncomfortable pressure. From Twitter 07-13-2009
There was an uncomfortable silence.
This creates an environment that some feel is uncomfortable or even unwelcome, and yet others feel quite content with it.
Prolapse occurs with a bowel movement and is associated with an uncomfortable sensation of fullness and incomplete evacuation; patients complain of a lump at the anal verge.
Swelling of the jaw causes dentures to fit poorly or become uncomfortable
But there are times when I am struck dumb, either because I am extremely uncomfortable or because, unusually, I have nothing to say.
Nannie still is troubled with the uncomfortable feeling re-sulting from prolapsus uteri. Diary of Samuel A. Agnew : September 27, 1863-June 30, 1864,
The floor was a mesh of metal grids that were uncomfortable to stand on.
Forced together in cramped and uncomfortable evacuation centres, there was little of the visible despair and grief which one would expect. Times, Sunday Times
In the midst is a well where women in flowing drapery, with tall jars, draw water as if posing for Bible illustrations; and a camel market in which fifty or more of the brown, ungainly beasts have been relieved of their burdens and lain down for the night – doubled into uncomfortable heaps and bubbling and moaning with querulous discontent. In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World
We spent nearly every weekend and holiday for the last 10 years in a cold, dirty, drafty, smoky, uncomfortable place - our own chateau.
I've eaten so much, I'm really quite uncomfortable.
It is also used as a slang/familiar word for a bedroom that looks more like a junk room where everything is on top of each other - also used for a miserable bedsit, a small, uncomfortable & untidy house. Stagiaire - French Word-A-Day
He claimed that the original idea came to him on an uncomfortable train journey in Nigeria. Times, Sunday Times
We would be as comfortable (or as uncomfortable) on a normal, wide-bodied jet. The Sun
It also coincided, perhaps fortuitously for Mr Lukashenka, with an uncomfortable few weeks for Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Not one of them shed a tear, but sat there on the uncomfortable wooden seats, trying to mask their anguish with solemn seriousness.
I expected this to be uncomfortable -- I've tried "shapewear" before from other makers and it's been uncomfortable and girdle-like and the edges roll up whenever you sit down and UGH. The Daily Bitch
Less forgivable is the increasingly heavy-handed use of parallel patients: the woman uncomfortable in her own skin, the man whose left and right brains are at war. Season finale frenzy: 'House'
I had the uncomfortable feeling that it was my fault.
In addition to risks related to surgery, complications can include pain at the implant sites, new pain, infection, lead (thin wire) movement/migration, device problems, interactions with certain other devices or diagnostic equipment, undesirable changes in urinary or bowel function, and uncomfortable stimulation (sometimes described as a jolting or shocking feeling). Undefined
I couldn't sleep because the bed was so uncomfortable.
Students forced to wear blazers and neckties look decidedly uncomfortable.
Yet, the shapes were sufficiently indefinite to make me careful not to let myself be overimpressed by the uncomfortable resemblance, though I must confess, the very thought was sufficient to set some odd thrills adrift in me. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
The steeply raked stage had not been properly prepared by the stage staff and many of the singers had an uncomfortable night slipping around the stage. Times, Sunday Times
The obvious tension between Warren and Anne made everyone else uncomfortable.
Their weapons looked menacing even holstered and their spiked helmets with the single eye-sensor oscillating back and forth made him somewhat uncomfortable.
He shifted as though uncomfortable and studied the landscape behind me.
The utility model has a good decorative effect except that the utility model can endow certain temperature to the seat ring to resolve uncomfortableness of cool.
If you're an intermediate skier uncomfortable in crud and crust, you'll flail no matter what gear you're on.
An uncomfortable silence settled, leaving the two with their own thoughts in the poor lighting of the prop room.
This makes her feel itchy and uncomfortable. Times, Sunday Times
26 Admittedly, "precolonial" imperfectly describes Europe, but it is equally uncomfortable for Africa. Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa
Even when some parts of the government became uncomfortable with these methods, other parts continued it, further refining the effectiveness -- that would be the excruciation -- of our techniques. Michael Wolff: Torture Rules: How Much Pain and Suffering Works for You?
They develop an uncomfortable, creepy-crawly feeling in the legs that causes agitation.
There's a reason those economy seats are uncomfortable: If it seems like the seat cushions in coach class are worn out, it's not your imagination.
People will feel uncomfortable, and if others see you cry, but don't know why, you will be susceptible to gossip.
Having finished the hurried and uncomfortable meal, consisting chiefly of tinned tongue and a rather out-of-date cream cheese, Toni was allowed to run home to change her dress; and at half-past two precisely she was back, robed in the daintiest, filmiest white lawn gown, to take her place with the other stallholders, in readiness for the opening ceremony, performed, much to the delight of the entire Madgwick family, by a real duchess. The Making of a Soul
Our heightened sensitivity to cold makes a chilly draught invariably feel more uncomfortable than a warm breeze. Times, Sunday Times
It was making so much noise I moved out into the lounge room to sleep but unfortunately my sofas are only two-seaters and very uncomfortable for sleeping.
I feel uncomfortable in this chair.
But historians will be uncomfortable with Gleason's frequent recourse to terms like the frontier, corporate capitalism, and industrialization as explanatory or heuristic devices.
When Amy Poehler and Melissa McCarthy joked at Sunday night's Emmy awards ceremony that they were delighted to see men finally breaking through with "meaty roles" no longer simply seen as "handsome, pretty-pretty things to look at", it was a moment that as uncomfortable as it was funny. The Playboy Club: men only
Then the bear shifted, almost as if it knew that Madeline was uncomfortable, reapportioning its bulk so that her ribs weren't crushed.
If your child seems uncomfortable from the fever, ask the doctor if you can give him or her infant's or children's acetaminophen or ibuprofen (Motrin or Advil) to help reduce it.
Malay, looks upon the Englishman as little removed from a "Kafir" -- an uncircumcised Philistine -- who through ignorance constantly offends in minor points of etiquette, who eats pig and drinks strong drink, is ignorant of the dignity of repose, and whose accidental physical and political superiority in the present world will be more than compensated for by the very inferior and uncomfortable position he will attain in the next. British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo
The slightly chaotic character of mind goes even deeper, to a degree our egos may find uncomfortable.
Under his intense gaze she felt uncomfortable.
Lying in this position may be slightly uncomfortable, but it shouldn't be painful.
Do you ever feel uncomfortable leaving a comment on a blog you've never commented on before?
She began to get an uncomfortable feeling that she was being watched.
It was uncomfortable and there were two long nights ahead, but it made little difference.

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