| He blushed, discomfited by the five pairs of eyes staring at him, and ruffled his hair. |
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| The poor boy was clearly discomfited, but we can never resist a mystery, so he gulped out an answer. |
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| Beatrice's apology was more gracious, and she was visibly discomfited by her father's manner. |
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| Secular Americans may be further discomfited to learn that their government's top lawyer is reputed to believe that tabby cats are satanic. |
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| My students were not at all puzzled by this, although they were discomfited that their parents were paying six figures for such an education. |
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| Recently, I've found myself more than a little discomfited by examples of intolerance that seem to be cropping up around me. |
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| Tight-lipped, he appeared discomfited by the questions thrown at him, and relied on streams of impenetrable government-speak for his responses. |
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| Schiff takes the view that the men who defamed Cleopatra as a strumpet were discomfited by her intellectual prowess. |
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| The contractor said a co-worker suggested using the fake cover, and the contractor, discomfited by the practice, stopped calling after two days. |
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| This is both pure ritual and surreal comedy and on the opening night some of the audience were clearly discomfited by having to make the leap. |
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| It has proven itself right time after time. It has discomfited its critics and it has repeatedly astonished even its pessimistically inclined well-wishers, such as myself. |
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| The Castros are not the only ones who will be discomfited by the loss of the American alibi. |
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| The additional depiction could only have been calculated to make a viewer cringe or, at least, feel discomfited. |
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| Tight-lipped, he appeared discomfited by the questions thrown at him by Brewer, and relied on streams of impenetrable government-speak for his responses. |
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| Her gaze was suddenly penetrating, and it almost discomfited him. |
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| Her green eyes danced with laughter as she discomfited her brother. |
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| The extreme verism of the torso discomfited the critics who reproached Hugues with being more interested in truth than style. |
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| The Harmel Report's pressure for détente discomfited the United States even as it was compelled to recognise its necessity. |
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| And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak. |
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| After another and lengthened search, and convinced of their complete failure, the call to reassemble was given, and chagrined and discomfited they returned to the beach. |
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| After attending medical school in Edinburgh, he finds himself increasingly discomfited by the promise of a high-achieving career and a life of obligations and responsibilities. |
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| Since most investments in the sector have a lifespan of 30 years or more, it would be foolhardy to invest before the new law is enacted. But mining companies are not the only ones to be discomfited by the law. |
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| Harding had seemed physically discomfited earlier as she awaited her marks in the kiss and cry corner. |
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| It was an open secret, and one that discomfited several of his brethren. |
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| And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. |
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