A fitful wind was blowing, adding to the discomfort of outdoors, and causing the interior of the cabin to be the more comfortable by contrast.
He had his thick army blanket gathered about his body and shoulders, and, though the night was dismal and his situation far from pleasant, it still lacked the discomfort of many hours spent on the vast plains of the Lone Star State.
The discomfort of their camps may be inferred from the fact that it took an entire day to clear from accumulated ice and hoar-frost their sleeping-bags and camp gear.
Their greatest discomfort arose from the lack of shoes and stockings, their outer foot-gear being soon worn-out beyond repair, while hard travel had rubbed all the hair from their stockings.
I have waded all day in early spring freshet water with no positive discomfort except for the cold ring around my legs which marked the surface of the water.
If you are sensible you will not be tenderfoot enough to go in for the discomfort of a new beard.
Here, at least, poverty and discomfort might be forgotten for a while, even by those who did not seek to drown remembrance in the fatal draught.
Remembering what he had said about those who came from the tropics dreading cold and discomfort even more than death, I thought I understood how he should have preferred sleeping here to doing so above.
I said, unable to resist the temptation of repaying him somewhat for all the discomfort he had caused in the ship, and also because I so much despised him, "as for that, they might do much.
As kind urbanity that doth so much of gladness bring; More precious too than all the treasures of the deep, Making the winter of discomfort seem like joyous spring.
To avoid causing such discomfort do not look worried or distracted while ministering to your patient's wants, and do not fussily "fly around" in straightening and setting the room to rights.
Any one in extreme bodily discomfort cannot be always smiling and uttering thanks, but he can be gentle and appreciative of the efforts that are made toward mitigating his distress.
But the road was hard, the coach a little the uneasiest I ever hardened my bones upon, and my slumber was of a disturbed and dubious character, a dim sense of physical discomfort shaping and coloring my incoherent and fitful visions.
The commander, Captain Davenport, and officers of the crew were kind and courteous, which contributed much to ameliorate the discomfort incident to life on the ocean.
And, after all, the almost unbearable discomfort I experienced on the voyage was not attributable particularly to deck passage, but to the unpleasant peculiarities of the situation.
Yet the discomfort of the gas mask, improved as the present model is over the device that first intervened between England's doughty men and a terrible death is such that it is donned only in dire necessity.
But while the deprivation of sleep, food and drink continues, it is undeniable that, though the physical being may support the loss with decreasing discomfort up to the point of collapse, the effect upon the senses is almost that of an opiate.
There may be physical discomfort from cold feet, insufficient or too much clothing, or want of fresh air in the sleeping room.
If a slight disturbance or discomfort occurs after the food has been strengthened, is it best to go back to the weaker formula or to persist with the new one?
Symptoms of minor discomfort are seen for a day or two with many infants after an ordinary increase in food; but in most cases an infant soon becomes accustomed to the stronger food and is able to digest it.
There is itching and local discomfort but little fever, and the child rarely seems to be very ill.
It may be from the discomfort of chronic indigestion due to improper food.
However strange it may seem, we must declare that Ricardo, far from feeling repugnance or discomfort in this new life, found deep, mysterious pleasures, which till then he had never enjoyed.
The perpetual struggle which he had to sustain with Maria's scruples, and the sincere or simulated coldness which he saw in her, caused a steady, dulldiscomfort which embittered his existence.
However unwilling or passive I might be, there were times when the involuntary discomfortwas not in my keeping.
When discomfort arises, most women say that they feel this because 'it looks as if they had no control over themselves.
More usually, however, as menstrual period after menstrual period recurs, without the natural interruption of pregnancy, the feeling abates, and gives place to sensations of discomfort or pain.
Gaston felt his guest's discomfort and tried to ease the strain.
Prada again felt worried, a prey to the discomfort of uncertainty.
At this question the young man's excited face assumed an expression of discomfort and fear, like the face of a child on suddenly encountering some ugly creature amidst its play.
Touched by the discomfort of Dario, Benedetta, hitherto silent, ended by interrupting Pierre.
Such feeding results in discomfortand disease, and unless it is changed, in premature aging and death.
If the meals cause discomfort and disease, reduce the amount eaten, take fewer varieties at a meal and simplify the cooking.
Besides a disagreeable happening now and then will not cause half of the discomfort and trouble that a disturbed mind does.
Fermentation--the abnormal breaking down of food in the digestive tract, producing discomfort and health impaired.
When eating is resumed, partake of only enough food to nourish the body, for anything beyond that builds discomfort and disease.
By being very careful about the diet, cancer patients can escape nearly all the pain and discomfort that generally accompany this disease.
To keep a house sealed up as tightly as possible in order to keep it warm saves fuel bills, but the resultant bodily deterioration and disease cause enough discomfort and result in doctor bills which more than offset this saving.
Those who persist in this folly must pay the price in discomfort and an unbalanced body.
Losing weight does not matter at all if there is no discomfort or disease.
Children seem to establish a toleration for an excess for a shorter or longer period of time, but the overeating always produces discomfort and disease in the end, and if it is continued it will cause premature death.
Those who strive so hard to reach a certain goal that they neglect the physical become wrecks and after a few years of discomfort and disease are consigned to premature graves.
If discomfort follows a meal it is a sign of overeating.
This verdict was a heavy blow to my sister, and the next four years were ones of great trial and discomfort to her.
He would at times be gloomy and morose for days together, keeping the whole house in a state of fear and discomfort by his sudden caprice and unreasonable exactions.
His pride was sorely touched, and his heart disquieted, and the farther he rode, the more he felt a sense of discomfort and discontent, that was strangely new to him.
For the next four days it blew very hard from the west, with cold rain squalls, to the great discomfort of all hands, who could keep neither warm nor dry.
They slept there, "under the Canopy of Heaven," suffering muchdiscomfort from some drenching showers.
In addition to the wet, and the discomfort of such a life, there was also the work, often extremely laborious, incidental to heavy weather at sea.
Varicose veins are exceedingly common, and if they are not extensive and produce no discomfort they may be ignored.
There is a feeling ofdiscomfort about the eyes, and often a burning, and constant watering, the tears containing flakes of white discharge.
In a healthy adult such a cough is usually not in itself a serious affair, and apart from the discomfort of the first day or two, there is not sufficient disturbance of the general health to interfere with the ordinary pursuits.
If they cause no discomfort they may be entirely neglected and are not of the slightest consequence.
In the beginning there may be discomfort after standing or walking for any length of time, and later there is often a dragging pain or uneasiness complained of, or a sensation of weakness or griping at the seat of the rupture.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "discomfort" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
