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Example sentences for "uncomfortable"

Lexicographically close words:
uncolored; uncoloured; uncombed; uncombined; uncomely; uncomfortably; uncomforted; uncommitted; uncommon; uncommonly
  1. Which it is some uncomfortable to ignore the chuck-wagon.

  2. When she returned there was something about her eyes which filled the major with uncomfortable suspicions.

  3. Only the other day you were throwing out some very uncomfortable hints about Draycott here; I'm not going to recur to them now, but you know very well what they were, but here is Draycott to answer for himself.

  4. Taking him by the arm she drew him towards her, he yielding with the old, uncomfortable docility.

  5. If you want to be uncomfortable do so, and put on those cork jackets.

  6. Others than Ruth found it uncomfortable on deck, and there was a general movement toward the cabins which had been fitted up with considerable comfort, even if the craft was an old one.

  7. It was the beach's most crowded hour and the short strip of sand in front of the most fashionable and uncomfortable place to bathe on Long Island was gay as a patch of exhibition sweet-peas with every shade of vivid or delicate color.

  8. We are, at this time, in an uncomfortable and dangerous transition stage, as a child playing with explosives.

  9. It is a vision I have seen: upon a vast plain, men and women are gathered in dense throngs, crouched in uncomfortable and distressing positions, their fingers hooked in the straps of their boots.

  10. I don't believe so," said David, when he could extricate himself from Joel sufficiently, who now grasped him by both hands in a way very uncomfortable for conversation.

  11. They don't either," contradicted Polly, with an uncomfortable little twist.

  12. As we went along, the line became more and more uneven; our van rolled several times backwards and forwards, and was kind enough also to sway from side to side in a most uncomfortable manner.

  13. Accordingly, we found out the conductor, promised him a couple of thalers for the lift, and secured places in one of the least uncomfortable of these vans.

  14. This satisfied the guard, and I was allowed to pass; but I need hardly say that I was supremely uncomfortable at the case I was in, and thought my journeys along the valley of the Seine were always doomed to misfortune.

  15. The poor secretary looked at the curiously mixed mess which his tormentor had set before him, and he felt very uncomfortable at the mere idea of tasting the stuff.

  16. A commonplace face enough in Constantinople; but there was something oddly fixed in its expression, that made the slave feel uncomfortable and yet submissive.

  17. The door was open, and the inside of the premises appeared as uncomfortable and rude as its situation and exterior foreboded.

  18. So behold our hero for a second time the patient of a Highland Esculapius, but in a situation much more uncomfortable than when he was the guest of the worthy Tomanrait.

  19. If there was an uncomfortable thing to say, they always said it.

  20. She had no fear, however, that her disobedience would have any uncomfortable results; though in this she was mistaken, as is often the case when we judge of things too hastily.

  21. He seems to be crazy about his uncomfortable car.

  22. It would be very uncomfortable for us to feel that she was always thinking we interrupted all the things she has to do.

  23. I daresay you felt uncomfortable because, as Aunt Alison said, there have been such disagreeables in Lady Myrtle's family, and these Harpers may be some relations of hers.

  24. Down shrieked the quivering limousine, and Inspector Sheffield crouched back with an uncomfortable sinking in the pit of the stomach, such as he had not known since he had adventured his weighty person on a "joy-ride" at an exhibition.

  25. All these contingents "put their backs into it," and rejoiced in making things as hot and uncomfortable for the enemy as they could.

  26. Finding themselves in an uncomfortable quandary, one from which there was no escape, they decided to join the British.

  27. In these uncomfortable circumstances, she had availed herself of an opportunity which few girls would have accepted.

  28. Very delightful to stroke and pet when all goes well, such quadrupeds--and such women--are capable of becoming extremely uncomfortable companions in certain combinations of circumstances.

  29. Some of them have springs, as fortunately was the case with the one on which I rode, or I should have had a very uncomfortable ride indeed.

  30. I have just seen a man who got on to the freight train, but he tells me it was so uncomfortable that he preferred to wait, and got off after he had taken his passage.

  31. I watched him with an uncomfortable premonition of something disagreeable in the sequel of his narrative as, with his trembling, puffy hand, he re-lighted the cigar that had gone out in the interval.

  32. His almond-shaped eyes asked her how in the world she could stand it all, and she felt uncomfortable at the thought that she was used to it.

  33. She only felt a little uncomfortable when she reflected that Feist might not know it after all, whereas she had boldly told Logotheti that he did.

  34. The Primadonna was in a detestably uncomfortable state of mind on the day after the performance of the revived opera.

  35. And you'll end by making the other people uncomfortable too, because you'll make them think that you mean to teach them manners!

  36. Do you know it makes me uncomfortable to hear you talk like that?

  37. It is an odd little mania, and the more people there are in the room the less the mistress of the house yields to it, and the more uncomfortable she feels at being hindered from 'tidying up the room,' as she probably calls it.

  38. About six she tumbled into an uncomfortable sleep again, and Miss Entwhistle crept out of the room and dressed.

  39. Uncomfortable as I felt at the prospect of the approaching interview, I should have been far more uneasy in my mind if the partner had declined to see me.

  40. Ingred had been very passionate as a child, and, though she had learnt to put on the curb, sometimes that uncomfortable lower self would take the bit between its teeth and gallop away with her.

  41. Of course he is," endorsed Ingred, "and a most uncomfortable one, I should say.

  42. It was all the more uncomfortable because nobody voiced the cause.

  43. Ingred, lowering her head, for it was painful to stretch her neck in so uncomfortable a position.

  44. It is by all odds the most uncomfortable “clap-trap” I have ever been in.

  45. The voyage is rendered thoroughly uncomfortable because of a cargo of sheep.

  46. And it comes to pass that a certain small boy follows the example of this clown, and the two together make things lively and thoroughly uncomfortable for the rest of the party.

  47. They all felt uncomfortable doing it and each one hoped she was unobserved.

  48. She was rescued from her uncomfortable position, her face and hair plastered with mud.

  49. Water from the overnights rain & the showers which were continually falling, we had an uncomfortable travel.

  50. Traveling by stage, except on the half dozen good roads then in existence, was, in 1825, far more uncomfortable than on the bridle-path on horseback half a century previous.

  51. At first they found it very uncomfortable at night, so they both slept in one sleeping-bag, and thus kept tolerably warm.

  52. The thwarts were made from bamboo, and the foot of one of their scientific instruments which, by the way, chafed them terribly, and were very uncomfortable seats.


  53. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "uncomfortable" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abashed; affecting; afflicted; agitated; awkward; bashful; beset; bitter; bleak; bothered; chagrined; chapfallen; cheerless; confused; cramped; deplorable; depressing; discomfited; discomposed; disconcerted; dismal; dismaying; disquieted; distressed; distressing; disturbed; dolorous; dreary; embarrassed; embarrassing; grievous; insecure; joyless; lamentable; mortified; mournful; moving; oppressive; painful; pathetic; perturbed; piteous; place; poignant; queasy; regrettable; rocky; rueful; sad; shamefaced; sharp; sore; sorrowful; sticky; strained; touching; troubled; ugly; uncomfortable; uneasy; upset; woebegone; woeful; wretched