How to Use discomfit in a Sentence

discomfit

verb
  • Learning that old habits must make way for new ones is usually discomfiting.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • The sheer amount of information is discomfiting, and that’s the point.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
  • Trump is not the only one discomfited by the idea of Tubman on our currency.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 18 June 2019
  • What is an audience to make of these discomfiting encounters?
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2019
  • An equally discomfiting element of the later books is what happens to Meg.
    — Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Down is so revered — and why the combination of rabbits and perpetual dread is so discomfiting.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 30 Dec. 2018
  • Their effect is not merely to comfort his ego but permanently to discomfit our democracy.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2017
  • The airing of such personal matters in the cold setting of a federal courthouse was discomfiting at times.
    — Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Eggers, of course, means to use his celebrity platform to give a leg up to a worthy unknown, which is commendable but faintly discomfiting.
    — Michael Lindgren, Houston Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Mr Johnston’s creations are for the most part discomfiting, funny and idiosyncratic.
    — D.b., The Economist, 29 July 2019
  • In one of the game's discomfiting vignettes, Martin visits Daniel's grave as he is cremated.
    — Julie Muncy, Wired, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Think of the 300-style bloodbaths, the discomfiting opening of Watchmen.
    — Hemal Jhaveri, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The results can be discomfiting, as when the camera shows us two characters sitting in a parking lot through a bank window, with a teller noodling around in the foreground.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • An ally was discomfited and yanked around for a couple of months before, ultimately, getting its defense funding.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Toby Jones is Mason, the company cook who manages to come up with comfort food that may be coming from discomfiting sources.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Presumably, Tunisians are as discomfited by insects to the same degree as English people are.
    — Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 18 June 2018
  • The contemporary allusion is no less discomfiting for being so broadly drawn.
    — Wendy Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2018
  • Beautifully shot in an aspect ratio that makes the image square (as opposed to the usual rectangle), the film is at first discomfiting.
    — Cary Darling, Houston Chronicle, 7 June 2018
  • Casual encounters with strange men are discomfiting to many Saudi women.
    — Margaret Coker, New York Times, 22 June 2018
  • Timpani and bass drum thunder like bombs, dance rhythms re-emerge as violent pounding, playful sections become discomfiting and demonic.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2017
  • Lange endured a fractious relationship with Stryker, who seemed deeply discomfited by a strong-minded woman.
    — Arthur Lubow, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Our nervous, shifting, rapidly progressing times deserve a clear look and full access to what came before, however discomfiting.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • While Zuckerberg’s intentions may have been well-placed, the video makes for some discomfiting scenes especially given the grim state of affairs on the island.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Daringly written mostly without gender pronouns, the poems discomfit the reader in the best possible way.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
  • But Sexistential may discomfit listeners for reasons other than ageism.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
  • This article has been updated to clarify a scene in which aspects of Baron's personal life discomfited a church official.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2015
  • What the Netflix show finds there is a nostalgic and often discomfiting reflection of our own socioeconomic moment.
    — latimes.com, 9 July 2019
  • The only senators who may be discomfited by the choice of Kavanaugh are Democrats in tough re-election races, most of whom won their seats after he was last confirmed by the Senate.
    — Jonathan Allen /, NBC News, 10 July 2018
  • Rivkin spends a significant amount of time noting the discomfiting elision and erasure of Twombly’s sexuality in the many catalogues and chronologies of his work.
    — Andrew Martin, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
  • His views, possibly as discomfiting for some in his party as his internet history, seem almost optimized for social media virality.
    — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026

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