英语词汇“discomfit”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

When, discomfited, he came and asked once more for the friendship which, in his prosperity, he had not thought it worth his while to preserve. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women, children and sex discomfited him, in part because they took time away from thinking. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bellatrix said nothing, but looked, for the first time, a little discomfited. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Thoroughly discomfited, Ash left her seat rather than wait for Prince Aidan to return. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was discomfiting to observe how Kimberly lurched, keen to do the right thing and not knowing what the right thing was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Greatly discomfited, the Helper turned to his partner, a wisp of a woman who seemed to be trying to hide behind her hair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I never expected to be someone who hired others to maintain my image, and at first the idea was discomfiting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Our schoolteacher, Miss Harbottle, had glossed over Mr. Darwin, looking discomfited as she did so. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Back when men were men and words had some muscle, to discomfit was to defeat, rout, or overthrow. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar took her hands in his and then the gesture discomfited him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Robin Hood and his merry men discomfited the Sheriff of Nottingham. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clippinger, considerably discomfited by this vision, exclaimed, “Sir! Good sir! Some supper!” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He is shocked and discomfited by the news, feeling bad about his irritation and impatience, wondering if the victim had been a man or a woman, young or old. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling discomfited in a way he could not remember having felt before, Bod made his way back to the Owenses’ tomb, and was pleased to see both of his parents waiting for him beside it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But when Lazlo held out his arm, he could only blink, discomfited. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It had always discomfited him, the pleasure she took in being mistaken for mixed-race. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Ha,” he said to the Duke of Cambenet, “we must be discomfited.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet there was something about the little brown body wrapped in Mrs. McCullough’s long, pale arms that discomfited him as it had his mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That spirit alarmed and discomfited many Europeans, toff and peasant alike. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But the colored boy in the black suit driving the wagon and his queer smile discomfited strangers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever you get the available answer to a straight question, like, say, where does the most famous and worst of the four-letter Anglo-Saxon unprintable words come from, the answer raises new and discomfiting questions. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nested Pythagorean solids also made no allowance for the existence of the Earth’s moon, and Galileo’s discovery of the four large moons of Jupiter was also discomfiting. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waiter’s comment has discomfited him, making his attraction to Moushumi feel mildly illicit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A discomfited enemy may well have been a dead enemy. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left the room, where I stood anxiously for some moments, discomfited by our interview, gazing at the ranks of empty seats. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

That was a mistake, of course, and she was discomfited and had no idea how to put him right. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That discomfiting thought underlies Jordan Kantor’s latest solo, which takes a digital rake to Monet’s “Haystacks.” Art in Review: JORDAN KANTOR 2011-09-15T21:15:09Z

With his shockingly blue eyes and discomfiting habit of making sympathetic remarks to Althea from inside his makeshift cell, he holds a Michael Fassbenderesque appeal. Review: ‘Lightless,’ About the Bratty Machine on a Spaceflight 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

For all its unpatriotic and anticlerical jibes, the movie is too expansively genial to be truly discomfiting. Still Charming at 50: Luis Buñuel’s Greatest Hit 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

The discomfiting fact is that smallpox made resettlement by non-Natives much easier. North America’s forgotten plague 2013-05-04T18:00:00Z

Under Marshall’s direction, some scenes don’t reveal themselves as charmingly or with the same discomfiting authenticity as on the screen, an indication of the challenge of bottling the film’s singular brand of observational comedy. Levinson, Crow take ‘Diner’ for a test-drive 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z

Only Door No. 3, though, offers a path to a discomfiting psychological thriller. Review | Geling Yan’s twisty thriller ‘The Secret Talker’ begins with a creepy but alluring text 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson It's a passage that encapsulates much of what the book is about: a discomfiting mix of lust and loathing, Yiddish and fascism, and, most of all, the joking and not-joking. Guardian book club: Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson 2010-09-20T10:37:00Z

A recurrent though explicable phenomenon in Birds and People is the way in which practising ornithologists and environmentalists seem discomfited when speaking of any emotional connection with birds. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z

For her next step, she chooses music, and the show captures, with discomfiting intimacy, just how challenging that decision is, artistically and emotionally. TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough. 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

Later, at a bar with Adam’s castmates, she awkwardly announces that she was fired, to the plain discomfit of everyone else, not that she noticed. ArtsBeat: ‘Girls’ Recap: Hannah’s Envy and Thwarted Ambition 2014-03-17T04:19:36Z

“In the 1980s and 1990s, reading Dworkin became, for many, a discomfiting and exhilarating collegiate rite of passage,” reads a recent piece in the New York Times. Why Andrea Dworkin is the radical, visionary feminist we need in our terrible times 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

A beautifully written novel whose quietly discomfiting tone stays with you for a long while afterwards. Home Fires by Elizabeth Day – review 2013-03-14T17:00:01Z

That offer discomfited me with revised anxieties: what would we do during the visit? The power of touch: when my son visited in lockdown, we couldn't hug. It was a reminder of the saddest truth 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. LeFranc keeps his dialogue in the groove of everyday conversation, with its comforting, quirky repetitions and discomfiting holes. Review: ‘Rancho Viejo,’ Where Banality and Trouble Cohabitate 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z

This unnerving authenticity is partly testament to Mr. Driver’s ability to tuck one performance inside another, but it also testifies to a stark and discomfiting truth. Review: In ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ Spike Lee Journeys Into White America’s Heart of Darkness 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

It dazzled, discomfited, enmeshed and then enraptured me. The best children's books: 8-12 year-olds 2010-05-12T07:00:00Z

It began in 1980 with the discomfiting “Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self,” one of several paintings that feature a black man dressed in black and before a black background. Kerry James Marshall's paintings insist on black self-representation 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

She says the unrelenting theme of male dominance, unrealistic body standards and the overly performative scenes made watching adult content a discomfiting experience for her. What’s causing women to join the NoFap movement? 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

Warhol also embraced camp as a personal style, performing a theatrical effeminacy that equated to a strategic queerness designed to discomfit those among his contemporaries who held him to be "too swish." LGBT+ history: The story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

Monkey business: 'Most people would be discomfited to learn how detailed a reconstruction of their lives their mobile phone operator could produce if required.' NSA surveillance: don't underestimate the extraordinary power of metadata 2013-06-21T11:00:02Z

And, despite his departure into unfamiliar and perhaps discomfiting territory, the audiences are still queuing round the block to see one of Edinburgh's favourite performers. Simon Callow leaves familiar territory behind in one-man Edinburgh show 2011-08-07T14:42:00Z

If only it were all funneled into something less discomfiting. Review: ‘A.P. Bio’ Is Not Advanced in Timing or Taste 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

For her part, Julia is discomfited by the girl’s disabilities, her strange noises, her insistent need to touch and stroke faces, hair, fingers, eyes, fabric. Kimberly Elkins’s ‘What Is Visible,’ a novel about Laura Bridgman

It is enormously appealing and discomfiting at the same time. Review | This 16-century Spanish sculptor changed how his country looked at religious art 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z

Few experiences are as discomfiting as attending a lingerie trade show in an antique, pre-pandemic underwire bra, in need of something new and kind. Women are over the underwire bra 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

Instead, this season explores more of her history, in textured and often discomfiting ways, especially as Abby’s self-loathing threatens to subsume all other aspects of her personality. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

She isn’t playing any kind of game at all, and that earnestness is discomfiting. Review | Judy Chicago doesn’t have time for games. The planet is dying, and so are we. 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

Israelis may be discomfited to find that the secular Jewish labour movement, the Bund, was more popular than the Zionist movement in the inter-war years. Shtetl of honour 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Musically, it's hardly unfamiliar – weeping Americana, backed with fuzzes of electric guitar and organ that slide in and out of focus, discomfiting and discombobulating – but expertly done. John Murry: The Graceless Age – review 2013-05-02T21:30:02Z

The tenor saxophonist and flutist Anna Webber recently put out “Clockwise,” an album full of atonality and friction and discomfited momentum — not to mention, some of New York’s premier improvising musicians. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

Trump is not the only one discomfited by the idea of Tubman on our currency. The Haunted Image of Harriet Tubman on the Twenty-Dollar Bill 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z

In five months, the inquiry has already taken a wide-ranging and discomfiting look at press ethics and journalists' dealings with politicians and the police. James Murdoch says kept in dark over paper's illegal acts 2012-04-24T12:17:03Z

And even Mr. Mac’s more discomfiting salvos are charged with sly purpose. Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,’ 1930s-1950s 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

On the other hand, maybe a deluge of discomfiting information is exactly what needs to be in museums right now, and what people like me need to see. A Deluge of Art at the Carnegie International 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

Underlying all of this is an anxiety too discomfiting to be openly expressed: Are contemporary art museums, in fact, providing something of value to the public? Perspective | This new museum doesn’t want Instagram or crowds. Does that make it elitist? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

The real heartbreak in this wise, discomfiting novel turns out to be the love between mother and daughter — a daughter early damage has driven to exile in a hard place. A Young Wife Toys With Adultery 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z

These stories eventuate a better kind of amusement — not indulgence, but the sometimes discomfiting pleasure of being dazzled. Mining the Madness of Pure Logic in Stories That Dazzle and Discomfit 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Rosso, a key figure in the Met Breuer’s inaugural show “Unfinished,” created discomfiting bronze and wax statues which dissolved the subjects’ faces into landscapes of crags and divots. A European Art Fair Freshens Up for Its First Spring on Park Avenue 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

The rise, use and abuse of the Taser form the discomfiting subject of Nick Berardini’s “Killing Them Safely,” but an equally formidable weapon also goes on display: words. Review: In ‘Killing Them Safely,’ a Debate on the Virtues of Tasers 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

Yet while they’ve gotten less attention, perhaps because they derive from a more politically discomfiting source, the clothes we really should be paying attention to are on “Mrs. America.” Don’t Get Dressed Without Watching This Show 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

His movies are populated with malignant forces both living and dead, but some of their most effectively discomfiting moments aren’t the most ghoulish or gory. Review: In ‘Creepy,’ a Cold Case Turns Red Hot, but Don’t Tell the Neighbors 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

Later that night, Derek learned about the word’s emergence on “Late Show,” which he found oddly discomfiting, given that he, too, has struggled with alcohol and drug abuse. Noticed: When Your Life Becomes a Verb 2011-03-04T19:11:40Z

But among her British peers, Jackson was the first to emerge as the female equivalent of a discomfiting archetype that had been haunting her country’s imagination since the 1950s, the Angry Young Man. Glenda Jackson, an Unnervingly Energizing Presence at Every Age 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

More ominously, Hamar notices that Gladys Martin, the virtuous daughter of the master illusionist they discomfit, is extremely beautiful and would make a splendid plaything. Book World: ‘The Sorcery Club,’ by Elliott O’Donnell

Bassani’s tales of a real and imagined Ferrara discomfited childhood friends and neighbors because they exposed insular attitudes and broke a taboo against delving into the fate of Italian Jewry under Fascism. A Writer’s “Tomb of Words,” and the People Who Took It Personally 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Eggers, of course, means to use his celebrity platform to give a leg up to a worthy unknown, which is commendable but faintly discomfiting. Review | Dave Eggers tells the story of the most dangerous cup of coffee in the world 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

I’d agree, and add that it’s also one of his most terrifying, which they teased out by building on its harmonic ambiguity for a tension almost as discomfiting as the thought of death itself. One Night, Several String Quartet Premieres 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

The army’s commander, Agamemnon, has indeed been commandeering prizes of war, reducing the fair share of others, as Thersites claims; he has also been collecting concubines, a topic Homer’s Thersites handles with discomfiting bluntness. Trump, Troilus, and Cressida 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

Far away enough to sound remote and just close enough to be discomfiting, 2018 has recurred as a handy locus for this future-panic at the movies. Moon Nazis and sex in space: what can we learn from movies set in 2018? 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

Now comes a more major—if, in its way, no less discomfiting—return to the limelight, in the form of an MTV reality-TV show called “Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club,” which premièred on Tuesday. The Precarious Spectacle of the Girl Boss in “Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club” 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

But how journalists get there can be discomfiting, he observed. Perspective | How do you use an anonymous source? The mysteries of journalism everyone should know. 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z

Still, there’s no doubt that Brown set the table for such a discomfiting moment. At the Forum, a troubling image of Chris Brown 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

It’s obvious that the courtship and marriage discomfited Bloomsbury, but it’s also not entirely clear that Grant was “motivated more by sexual jealousy than paternal concern” when he warned Angelica about Garnett. Beholding Virginia Woolf Through the Women in Her Life 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

If Money Monster is basically a piece of entertainment, it’s also a discomfiting one, in the spirit of Dog Day Afternoon and Network—its edges are serrated, sharp enough to cut. Review: Why 'Money Monster' Will Make You Mad as Hell 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

But then, abortion is a singularly discomfiting topic, not just among art institutions, but even among artists, a famously liberal bunch who overwhelmingly support legalized abortion. After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z

And in a discomfiting turn, the stock of Taser has shot up in the wake of the Baltimore riots. Amid Baltimore unrest, new film challenges a popular police weapon 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

They played New York nightclub Don Hill's the night before our interview, and made for a slightly discomfiting spectacle. Taylor Momsen: From Grinch to grunge 2010-12-08T21:30:00Z

This was a memorable account, in which the antique resonances of the score's deceptively Arcadian soundworld were repeatedly corroded by Birtwistle's characteristically discomfiting dislocations. Harrison Birtwistle – review 2013-01-13T18:15:01Z

The show should be discomfiting in the best sense of the word. Looking Ahead: Culture Picks for 2013 2012-12-27T23:05:33Z

Your discomfiting film ends with the serving of comfort food. "The Menu" director on his film's crossover with "Succession," flavored by "corrosive" egos 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z

Was there something discomfiting, as well as incongruous, about turning an everyday street experience into a theater of expensive fashion? Chanel’s Supermarket Chic 2014-03-04T16:13:15Z

Here the casualness of a lip-syncing performance becomes discomfiting: For a white creator, Black culture can be assumed and shrugged off with the ease of a costume change. How Lip-Syncing Got Real 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Wilson continues: “Yes, Charlie is tasteless and discomfiting. Have I somehow missed all the gentle, polite satire? That amiable, convenient satire that everybody likes.” Why I didn't sign the Charlie Hebdo protest letter 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z

It’s discomfiting, but that’s the closest the show gets to that kind of offensive humor. Review: ‘The Brink’ Stars Tim Robbins as a Sex-Crazed Secretary of State 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

Created in the 1960s and '70s, the black and white paintings â€” many of them self-portraits â€” are harsh and discomfiting, and helped establish Close as one of the preeminent artists of his generation. 'Chuck Close: Life': The Northwest native painter who brought the portrait back to modern art 2010-05-26T23:49:00Z

"This is a modern-day Pygmalion with many of the same discomfiting themes," complains the Times' Kate Muir. You review: The Blind Side 2010-03-29T15:01:00Z

That face-to-face confrontation is a reminder that the collection — radically democratic in its wide-open accessibility and its agglomeration of the high and low — has discomfited sticklers for regulation and orderliness from the outset. Hands Off the Library’s Picture Collection! 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

It’s discomfiting to see such casual appropriation of a tragic event for aesthetic purposes. Review: ‘The Art of Luv (Part 1),’ a Quest for the Perfect Erotic Recipe 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

If “The Audience” reassures ticket buyers with the portrait of a vigilant, conscientious regent, all but above reproach, the balanced portraiture of “The Originalist” is more discomfiting. Scalia and his audience 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Put any pair of human beings under a microscope, and strange mutations and strains come into discomfiting focus. Theater Review: ‘AdA,’ Plays by Neil LaBute and Marco Calvani at La MaMa 2012-10-05T22:24:29Z

The Irish literary hero's novels and plays are not for everybody, dispensing as they do with logical, realistic storytelling while paring the human condition to discomfiting essences of loneliness, futility and decay. Brooke Adams learns the dirty truth of Beckett's 'Happy Days' 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z

The Bible, then, is not only an irreducibly political text but one that is profoundly complex and intractable, with a discomfiting tendency to cut across our natural political categories. The political Bible, part 1: A foundation for British attitudes 2011-08-09T09:40:00Z

As we feign surprise at police brutality and our Twitter outrage flits from Ferguson to Staten Island to Cleveland, this is just the discomfiting book we need. The most unsettling, must-read novel this year: ‘Welcome to Braggsville’ 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

But the show’s discomfiting premises often conceal personal sources of inspiration. In ‘Chad,’ Nasim Pedrad Embraces Her Inner Teen Boy 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

It’s something new under the sun, a thrilling and discomfiting document of the present moment and also, like every movie that matters, a bulletin from the future. Cinema Is Dead? Telluride Says Not Yet 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

In the days leading up to the neck-and-neck Tuesday election, Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin has staked his campaign on protecting students from discomfiting books. Perspective | In the Va. governor’s race, ‘Beloved’ is reduced to its most explicit parts. That’s obscene. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

Unfolding on dark streets and in shadowy rooms, this gloomy, punishing debut from Michael Morrissey maintains a discomfiting intensity. | 'Boy Wonder': Caleb Steinmeyer in ?Boy Wonder? ? Review 2011-10-21T01:18:32Z

The first of four nightly programmes in which Anna Richardson takes her sex education roadshow around the schools of Britain in a bid to demystify the unspeakable act for a nation of discomfited teens. A Century of Fatherhood 2010-07-05T05:44:00Z

“There are things about Christine we all can relate to; that’s discomfiting, because she decides to do something incredibly violent,” Ms. Hall said. When Rebecca Hall First Got This Script, She Hid It 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Yet it is a little discomfiting to see him playing a role he can abandon at any moment around those who don’t have the same luxury. Movie Review: ‘Who Is Dayani Cristal?’ Follows a Migrant’s Final Journey 2014-04-24T23:41:30Z

The work, on that day, seemed to be taking its place in an operatic canon full of contradictory, discomfiting, occasionally offensive works that time and again nevertheless demonstrate their relevance and power. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

Most cinema audiences cherish reassurances; unpredictability can be discomfiting, especially the sexual sort. Deadpool: the pansexual superhero who has never had a non-heterosexual experience 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

Many Christians today are discomfited by Augustine’s downbeat views on human nature. O come all ye faithful 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

It is a film that is blunt, direct and deliberately discomfiting. Mya Taylor is the face of this year’s most improbable Oscar campaign 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

One discomfiting reality he emphasizes is that having money and security hardly gets rid of the fear of dying. In ‘Vacationland,’ John Hodgman confronts surrealism of adult life 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

The conceit is sometimes discomfiting but stunningly original. ‘Prune’ cookbook: Gabrielle Hamilton speaks directly to her line cooks

It’s a discomfiting feeling to always have to present yourself a certain way, especially when you know the type of person you are and the goals you’re setting for yourself. High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

Anna Wood is Jamie Sawyer, a Yankee lawyer, moved South for reasons not quickly revealed but already making a discomfiting noise in the local justice system. Sex-thriller 'Reckless' fills in as harmless summer diversion 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

The author is discomfited by the stereotypically girlish memoirs of trans women, who thrill to become “the exact sort of girl I’d always thought of as false”. Daddy dearest 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Reading about all of these lions rubbing noses in the memoirs of their cubs can feel a bit discomfiting sometimes, like gleefully tearing into a goodie bag during an august memorial service. Literary Lions, by Their Cubs 2011-08-10T21:14:41Z

Ford sent Ms. O’Hara florid love letters she found discomfiting and once punched her in the face for reasons she could never explain. Maureen O’Hara, smoldering Irish beauty of movie fame, dies at 95 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

That's the signature move on her Instagram Live show, where she confronts most guests with any number of discomfiting questions like, "How many Black friends do you have?" With Showtime's sunshiny and sharp "Ziwe," we have an iconic talk show host in the making 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z

The spectacle of a commercial enterprise so immodestly celebrating itself is off-putting and intellectually discomfiting. Last Chance: The Pace Years: When One Gallery Is Not Enough 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z

Emerging from an hour of television this expertly discomfiting feels like bursting free of a haunted house. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 8: A Shock to the System 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

Lange endured a fractious relationship with Stryker, who seemed deeply discomfited by a strong-minded woman. Empathy and Artistry: Rediscovering Dorothea Lange 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

She grows up to become a discomfited housewife, he an ex-con with a heart of gold. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: Joss Whedon Fans Get a Surprise 2014-04-21T03:30:53Z

But while the discomfiting qualities of 2019 may have called for something shapeless and relaxed, the sheer horror of 2020 demands an incredulous level of mythical escapism. The Strawberry Dress That Ate TikTok 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

The question became more than abstract this week when I faced a discomfiting truth. Perspective | What defines a ‘must-see’ movie? And does ‘Infinity War’ make the cut? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

Still, she knows how to assimilate—how to survive by adopting new, discomfiting customs. Ling Ma’s “Severance” Captures the Bleak, Fatalistic Mood of 2018 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

In some ways a spate of reality-TV shows come closer; there you will see a lurid, discomfiting, yet undeniably powerful take on the trip through abasement and redemption. Arts & Leisure: Wrestling With Recovery Is No Fairy Tale 2011-06-29T12:00:06Z

To a country that dared to pretend it had long ago cleared the books on 250 years of theft, Coates presented a discomfiting audit. Review | In Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘The Water Dancer,’ a slave makes a superhero’s journey 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

Continuing a personal tradition, he devotes this track to the names of black people killed by law enforcement officers, whispering the roll call over lively strings and discomfited, irregular drumming. Ambrose Akinmusire’s Trumpet Takes a Back Seat to His Pen on ‘Origami Harvest’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Nudity in cinema this year ranged from empowering to discomfiting. The year's most powerful nudity in film 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

Ms. Hathaway described herself as initially “discomfited” by the script, with its mixture of emotion and ribaldry — a sort of James L. Brooks for the Age of Apatow. Film: It?s the Relationships, Stupid 2010-11-20T19:13:00Z

The photo-based composition melds sex and death in ways sophisticated and discomfiting. Marilyn Minter's 'Pretty/Dirty' show allures and repulses all at the same time 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

Though one moment depicts the police murder of an unarmed black child with discomfiting flippancy, for the most part, this inspired idiocy comes as a tonic. South Park pandemic special: a biting and surprisingly affecting satire 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z

But the discomfiting power of “Procession” comes from its ability to show and, to all appearances, facilitate them. ‘Procession’ Review: Art as Exorcism 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

The incendiary results — consistently funny but ultimately discomfiting — probably won’t have you pestering your actor friends to repeat the experience. Theater Review: ‘We Are Proud to Present a Presentation,’ at Soho Rep 2012-11-16T23:47:40Z

“A startling and hilarious, if discomfiting, compendium of published criticism about everyone from Beethoven to Copland,” Sondheim writes in “Look, I Made a Hat.” Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim

Ms. Kull charts Virginia’s ambivalence and emotional confusion subtly and persuasively, the discomfiting terror of her visions leaving a residue of alarm and anxiety in her dark eyes. | 'Sex Lives of Our Parents': That Worst Nightmare, This Time Even Worse 2011-06-23T02:01:25Z

Gyllenhaal is best at creating a discomfiting mood in her psychological investigation of motherhood. Olivia Colman is magnificent in the mysterious "Lost Daughter," which hooks you and doesn't let go 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

But then so is envy, and of course that is what is really going on when I find myself discomfited by the fabulous lives of others. | The Fabulous Lives of Others 2011-03-15T22:07:49Z

It’s that familiarity, as much as their romantic spark, that discomfits Rachel. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 7: ‘You Need to Get Over Me’ 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

When she showed a slide with a photograph of Treasure at a 2015 talk, she told the discomfited audience, “You all can close your eyes, but I can’t.” The Re-Enchantment of Carolee Schneemann 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

Perhaps that was what so discomfited the audience at the premiere: not that “A Quiet Place” was more “Wozzeck” than “West Side Story,” but that it saw no conflict in being both, simultaneously. ?A Quiet Place? Of Dysfunction And Dystopia 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z

It’s hard to truly discomfit the audience when your play is so richly stocked in primetime-ready wisecracks. Theater Review: ‘Modern Terrorism,’ by Jon Kern, at the Second Stage Theater 2012-10-18T21:50:45Z

“The American story is wild, uncapturable and discomfiting, and our fiction — our literature — is poised to challenge and deeply change us as it becomes ever more inclusive and ecocentric.” Author Joy Williams honored by Library of Congress 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

Intimate and intense productions like these remind us, in ways both exciting and discomfiting, of that beautiful cardinal truth of theatergoing. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Up Close, Feeling Very Personal 2012-05-31T16:22:36Z

The album describes, in often discomfiting detail, the wages of fame, juggling boasting and self-loathing in equal measure. R&B That Sweats, Emotionally and Physically 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

Those left craving dismemberment and often discomfiting eruptions of graphic sex, now have something else to anticipate. Syfy’s “Spartacus” could be an even bloodier, sexier “Game of Thrones” 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Here again, there’s no one better for the job, as a public historian and the face of an institution that must, by definition, put forward unpleasant facts and discomfiting truths, than Lonnie Bunch. Perspective | Lonnie Bunch isn’t afraid to address white supremacy. What else will that change for the Smithsonian? 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z

The play’s startle factor now lies in its discomfiting depictions of undisguised racism and homophobia. Review: In ‘A Taste of Honey,’ She’s Having the Baby. How Quaint. 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

I was so discomfited and uncertain that I didn’t know whether to be offended or not. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

Watching High on Crack Street after seeing The Fighter is a fascinating, discomfiting experience, one that raises questions about how "reality" is reshaped into cinema fiction. High on Crack Street scores the hits despite The Fighter's fancy footwork 2011-02-02T15:24:32Z

In the film, Mr. Rosi also chronicles the everyday lives of islanders largely unaffected by the crisis, a discomfiting microcosm of the epic indifference exhibited by the world at large. What Would You Say on the Oscar Stage? 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

Who knows what would satisfy the currently discomfited. Why Miranda is not guilty of misogyny 2013-01-02T16:12:31Z

Something discomfiting is going down in the land of comfort and comforters. Bed Bath and the great Beyond 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

To find yourself inwardly cheering the Ku Klux Klan, as Ben’s troops ride to the rescue, is a discomfiting experience but also a valuable one. ?Birth of a Nation,? Born Again for DVD 2011-11-27T05:03:04Z

Yes – if you're alone in doing so, and if your statement discomfits powerful vested interests. Comedians get chance to fall flat on TV, and Eddie Izzard sets sights on politics 2013-02-05T16:36:20Z

"Terms of Service" is a bleak, unsparing and discomfiting critique of a modern life built around Facebook and Twitter and Instagram. 'Terms of Service' a critique of modern life built on social media 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

The story it told, which was inspired by real-life programs in which horses and people rehabilitate one another, justified its most discomfitting moments. It’s a critic’s job to be fair. But when animals are involved, it gets dicey. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

“Loyal” is especially discomfiting coming from Mr. Brown, a young singer with a troubled personal history, including his 2009 assault of Rihanna, then his girlfriend. Retro Rap That Puts Women Down 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

Women who were watching knew that predators reserved their most discomfiting behavior for times when there were no witnesses. Anita Hill’s testimony compelled America to look closely at sexual harassment 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

But what’s more discomfiting than her privilege — and by extension the privilege of this film — is that she and the film fail to grapple with it. Recycling old film: Two Tribeca features — with “Girls” ties — do so to opposite effect 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

It's a discomfiting poem to remember on something so fast-moving – each small bright field whips by the window in a blur, even as I try to possess it and remain in it forever. How strong emotion summons poetry 2013-01-16T13:14:16Z

Above Washington, fighter planes rocketed around, desperate to shoot something down but succeeding only in further discomfiting the nation's capital. Known and Unknown: A Memoir by Donald Rumsfeld ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:24Z

Landers’ painting overlays urban and rural, public and private, discomfiting both the forest and its trees. Who am I? Provacative answers in 'Me, Myself, I' at China Art Objects 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

Ms. Swinton conveys casual entitlement like someone to the manner born, which gives Marianne’s teasing exchanges with Harry an increasingly discomfiting quality. Review: ‘A Bigger Splash,’ With a Speechless Tilda Swinton, Is Ready for Its Close-Up 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

It’s this aspect of her novel — in which actual kidnapping victims and their families intersect with fictional victims — that some readers may find discomfiting. Review | In her novel ‘When the Stars Go Dark,’ Paula McLain draws on abuse cases, including her own 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

For all its clichés, this furious and discomfiting film tugs on your conscience for days, making a powerful case to turn the American public’s attention back to a conflict it would rather forget. ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’ Review: Call of Duty 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

It’s discomfiting to witness this level of poverty. “The Wrong Light”: Sex, lies and the story of Mickey Choosetha 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

Aaron’s sores and failings, his emotional manipulation and suicide threats, are outlined to a discomfiting, microscopic degree. Review | In ‘Everything I Have Is Yours,’ Eleanor Henderson’s turbulent marriage is an open book 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

Expressing profound grief in public can be seen as discomfiting, even distasteful. This is how we will say goodbye to the rock-and-roll generation 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

One of the most discomfiting love stories to emerge from the American theater has returned to New York, 15 years after its debut, with its emotional power undiluted. Theater Review: ?How I Learned to Drive,? With Norbert Leo Butz 2012-02-14T03:01:00Z

Like his name, the track is an enthusiastic but discomfiting homage that raises questions about appropriation and sincerity. Rich Chigga and the Difficulties of Keeping It Real 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Style will also discomfit us, since art's about both, being held and being flung open. Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks 2012-08-18T15:00:00Z

Single and working class, Liz is reviled by the other mothers, who are both terrified she will steal their husbands and discomfited because she doesn’t fit their prescriptive mold of parenting. Bad moms: why messy motherhood is finally being accepted on screen 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

It’s especially discomfiting to watch an interviewee compare moshing to a “tribal war dance.” ‘Long Live Rock … Celebrate the Chaos’ Review: An Ode to Metal 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z

The result is both thought-provoking and readable, though Willis Aronowitz's frankness has provoked a lot of discomfited responses. Can women be saved from bad sex? "Finding your desires is a conscious process," says author 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

It is discomfiting to stand in front of a man whose face is distorted by rage and know that one’s own face must look much the same. The search for my inner ‘hero’: a modern masculinity retreat 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z

Far from not caring what his reader thinks, Charlie has the discomfiting, not quite plausible voice of a narrator who is trying very hard to persuade his reader of something. The Gamal by Ciarán Collins – review 2013-04-27T10:00:01Z

It’s equally discomfiting for reasons beyond Frank’s deteriorating condition: the scene offers a mirror to our own dependency on technology. In ‘Robot & Frank,’ Technology of the Not-So-Distant Future on Display 2012-08-12T02:53:01Z

Smith’s single-minded dedication to a fairly mirthless bohemianism is both notable and discomfiting; the reader, almost inevitably, falls short of Smith’s own moral measure. The Theology of Patti Smith 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Although no less chilling, it’s also deadly earnest, full of discomfiting nuance. A Young Soldier’s Moral Compromise 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Pleasure in text transforms to pleasure in the reader’s mind, and that’s empowering, though often equally discomfiting. Review | The publisher of ‘Adèle’ asked me to endorse the book. I could not. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

The prospect of spending a recent sweltering evening in the company of Danny Aiello, who is starring in the title role of “The Shoemaker,” was discomfiting. | 'The Shoemaker': A Life Stitched Together by 9/11 and the Holocaust 2011-07-26T21:30:38Z

That's the kind of discomfiting risk taking a show like this needs. Gothic feel but murky focus for Mammals' 'Dream Journal' 2011-03-08T17:11:00Z

It was discomfiting to be in such close proximity with strangers, and knowing that their lamentations were a performance did not decrease the anxiety provoked by outbursts of raw emotion. Taryn Simon’s Varieties of Mourning 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

Dense with resonant metaphors and alive with discomfiting ideas, “The Mirror and the Light” provides a fittingly Shakespearean resolution to Mantel’s magisterial work. Review | ‘The Mirror and the Light’ is a masterful finale to Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

The idea is a little discomfiting to conventional understandings of moral autonomy and personal responsibility. On Choosing Trump and Being Bad 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

But this provocative, discomfiting film, is not to be missed. Michel Franco's dystopian drama "New Order" is an electrifying cattle prod to the nether regions 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

For more than two decades, writer/director Todd Solondz has been making audiences squirm with films designed to be discomfiting. Todd Solondz’s comedy of despair: “I am always trying to navigate a line that is not too far, and not too soft” 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

I learned you don't shrink back from the fact that people are going to be discomfited by who you are or what you say, and to be prepared to explain why and what you are. Stacey Abrams: Being a black woman in politics isn’t ‘some fatal diagnosis’ 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

On the other: the global entertainer with hits in six decades and a penchant for sentimental pop and discomfiting tunes like “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South.” Louis Armstrong’s Last Laugh 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

Whereas the two young men at the left of the frame look, to my eye, angry and discomfited, Nsala looks steady, dignified, resolute. The Long, Vital History of Bystander Recordings 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

But if Mr. Torn’s performance is meant to discomfit us in the same way Swan’s performances discomfited them, I’m not sure the equivalence is a justification. Review: ‘Paul Swan Is Dead and Gone,’ but First, He’s Dévastaté 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z

Even without the immediate, discomfiting resonance of the Weinstein scandal, Three Billboards plays as a raging film for the Trump era, another dire social context for which it wasn’t even originally conceived. How female vengeance powers Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

The most discomfiting entries are Joel D’Orazio’s chairs, all in black and bristling with zip ties or studded with digital splitters. Review | In the galleries: Breaching the border between art and furniture 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

But it also exemplified the singular weirdness of Washington friendships that, at their most improbable, can demand a discomfiting blend of open-mindedness, compartmentalization, cognitive dissonance and, sometimes, outright denial. Perspective | Only in Washington: The CIA lawyer, the film critic and the obscure 1950s movie that forged their unlikely bond 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Bartosik, in her honest, rigorous commitment to twos, wrests strange, raw, discomfiting dynamics from a deceptively simple structure. Dance Review: Kimberly Bartosik Plays With Couples in New Work 2014-02-28T00:28:05Z

Suddenly comics were in the discomfiting position of needing to relate to audiences outside the more hostile, and familiar, setting of a particular night in front of a particular crowd. Riff: Stand-Up Comedy Without the Stand-Up. Or the Comedy. 2012-02-03T22:00:07Z

The show went stoically on after several discomfiting moments, as befits both ballet and the military, with Gwyneth Muller replacing her in the final section. Dance Review: No Mozart, but Plenty of Whimsy 2010-10-01T22:59:00Z

Based on the evidence, Berlin audiences have a large appetite for her brash, energetic and exuberantly discomfiting work, with its unflinching and unsentimental look at women’s bodies and desires. A Splashy, Messy All-Naked Revue 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Like Rich Chigga’s stage name, the song “Dat $tick” is an enthusiastic but discomfiting homage that raises questions about appropriation and sincerity. Weekly Culture Review: Bill Cosby on Trial, Hasan Minhaj’s “New Brown America,” and More 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

I disliked being in London – it was discomfiting. Tony Penrose 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z

But when we push ourselves into challenging or discomfiting situations, much like trainers who push athletes just past their comfort zone to make gains, learning often happens. Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrive 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z

Before June of this year, he had not come out to his parents as gay, and worried the accusations might discomfit his family. A Netflix hit, a Facebook flood and an overdue reckoning: How Taiwan’s #MeToo finally took off 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

He had not yet come out to his parents as gay, and worried such accusations might discomfit his family. Five years, a Netflix hit and a flood of Facebook posts: How Taiwan’s #MeToo finally took off 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z

Not exactly comfort food, given how much of what happens is discomfiting, but deeply satisfying. 'Justified: City Primeval' review: Timothy Olyphant makes a satisfying return as Raylan Givens 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z

All this gives “Master Gardener” a discomfiting patina of timeliness — a topical reach that Schrader, thoughtful and methodical as he is, nonetheless struggles to wrest under control as he draws Narvel and Maya closer together. Review: In Paul Schrader’s disappointing ‘Master Gardener,’ a violent racist turns over a new leaf 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z

DeSantis depicts this process as protecting pupils and students from discomfiting discussions. Column: A glimpse into the dystopian abyss of President DeSantis' America 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

Some analysts say Ukraine's military is talking up the idea of a counter-offensive to discomfit their Russian counterparts. No Ukraine offensive without more weapons – Zelensky 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z

The naked human form has discomfited American politicians into the 21st century. Perspective | In the 1890s there was a naked struggle over a White House painting 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

That starts by being honest with ourselves about some discomfiting contradictions in the status quo. The case to let children vote: Why law professor Adam Benforado calls for a “minor revolution" 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z

Finally, there’s the discomfiting fact that American life expectancy has not been rising inexorably. Column: The stupid and dishonest idea of raising the Social Security retirement age is back 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z

When no actual matches are found, the result is a discomfiting sense of having seen it all before, accompanied by the knowledge that you haven’t. What Causes Déjà Vu? 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

The spectacle of Biden’s Justice Department prosecuting his predecessor would discomfit many who don’t love Trump. Biden's documents misstep helps Trump politically — and legally too 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

Greece has repeatedly accused Turkey of weaponizing the plight of migrants by encouraging them to cross the border to discomfit Greece and the rest of the EU - effectively cooperating with traffickers. Greece expanding border wall, calls for EU help on migration 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z

Greece has repeatedly accused Turkey of weaponizing the plight of migrants by encouraging them to cross the border to discomfit Greece and the rest of the EU — effectively cooperating with traffickers. Greece expanding border wall, calls for EU help on migration 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z

Then there is the discomfiting reality that crypto streamlines life for criminals — human traffickers, drug dealers, ransomware extractors, mobsters and the government of North Korea, which employs hackers who steal crypto all day, every day. Crypto Meltdown, What Crypto Meltdown? 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

Celia justifies this by telling herself that they must protect Jack, doing her best to suppress discomfiting memories of her son’s unsettled inner life. Review | ‘Locust Lane’ is as perceptive as it is compulsively readable 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z

His offhand tweets about the war in Ukraine have especially discomfited his father, according to two people familiar with those discussions. ‘A Wild Card’: Son of Uganda’s President Jostles to Succeed His Father 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

Being held up as a role model can be discomfiting. How 'Gender Queer: A Memoir' became America's most banned book 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

In an email to The Washington Times, an Amherst spokesperson cited the university’s statement on academic and expressive freedom, which pledges to respect “unpopular, controversial, discomfiting” ideas. 88% of four-year colleges restrict students’ free expression, reversing trend 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

Head-down tilt bed rest is science’s best simulation of space travel, and its most discomfiting. To counter the effect of sitting too much, try the astronaut workout 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

But the joylessness of Diamond’s personality, as detailed by the musical’s book writer, Anthony McCracken, exists in a discomfiting, static counterpoint to the dynamism of his music. Review | On Broadway, Neil Diamond seems a drag and ‘KPOP’ needs a rethink 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z

For American Jewry, the debate since the dinner has brought into focus what may be the most discomfiting moment in U.S. history in a half-century or more. For Trump’s Jewish Allies, His Dinner With Antisemites Is a Breaking Point 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z

Holding two contradictory ideas in mind simultaneously — the pandemic is over, we still have a problem with Covid — is intensely discomfiting, psychologists say. As the Pandemic Drags On, Americans Struggle for New Balance 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z

The action won popular coverage on Chinese social media, though it may have discomfited his hosts with their more aloof style of leadership. As Biden and Xi meet, can their old connection avert a clash? 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

Some adjustments are needed, though, in a plot with discomfiting optics: When, for instance, the dim townfolk turn on Christopher, a mob shows up with a rope. Review | 2 D.C. plays put wit and warmth on the map, from Ireland to Israel 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z

It could stand as an epitaph for this discomfiting book — and the unfinished history of this discomfiting age. Review | Journalists are failing our fragile democracy, a media insider says 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

He told Marcella with “discomfiting” directness, she recalled in her 2008 memoir, that “he wanted to write, and he wanted to live in Italy.” Marcella Hazan’s Italian cooking legacy endures under husband’s care 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z

The Capitol violence still resonates in subtle but discomfiting ways, invoking strong opinions from voters. In one swing California suburb, Jan. 6 is minor subplot as voters focus on pocketbooks 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z

But it also inevitably evokes an image long held, that our functions are somehow overwhelming and discomfiting, that they are somehow rendered more wholesome in the hues of laundry detergent and toilet bowl cleanser. Why are our lady fluids so often depicted as blue? 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z

But hours later, the authorities released a discomfiting statement to a province on edge: Canada Stabbing Suspect Remains at Large After Police Manhunt at Reserve 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

The impression left by the exchange discomfited the Disney company, which had built its reputation on lovable dwarfs, among other animated characters, and on the kindly and paternal studio heads it presented on television. Bert Fields, Lawyer to the Hollywood Elite, Dies at 93 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z

“The Last White Man” is a discomfiting little book, which I suspect resists what some readers would like it to be. Review | What if White people woke up with dark skin? Mohsin Hamid’s novel wonders. 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z

The image, which shows MBS shaking hands with the visibly discomfited Salah, is chilling. Opinion | Biden’s fist bump with MBS was a crass betrayal 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

Silence is discomfiting for a lot of people, so they start trying to fill that space with sound. A mariachi space opera meets gender-bending Chicano punk in an ambitious sound art show 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

Like a lot of revenge stories, the spare, discomfiting Argentine thriller “The Silent Party” challenges audience’s expectations, pushing them to question their own bloodlust. Review: In 'She Will,' an aging movie star seeks vengeance, and more movies for the weekend 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z

The company’s trajectory is unlikely to change as long as uncertainty over the deal discomfits advertisers, the main source of Twitter’s revenue. Musk’s Damaged Goods 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z

That trajectory is unlikely to change as uncertainty over the deal discomfits advertisers, the main source of Twitter’s revenue. How Elon Musk Damaged Twitter and Left It Worse Off 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z

That’s not at all a common response to seeing Tom Hanks onscreen, but then, was this really Hanks, so familiar in countenance and yet so discomfiting in effect? Tom Hanks strikes out in 'Elvis.' It's the rare misstep that illuminates a great career 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z

He started out as a Washington Post editorial writer, but the inherent anonymity of the job discomfited him. Mark Shields, TV Pundit Known for His Sharp Wit, Dies at 85 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z

With “Crimes of the Future,” Cronenberg returns to territory he’s visited before, that discomfiting no man’s land between science fiction, body horror, social commentary, and good ol’ sex and death. Review | ‘Crimes of the Future’ is meant to shock. Instead, it’s just tedious. 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

Seemingly out of an unwillingness to discomfit the private sector, industrial production lines that could have been converted to "wartime" use continued to produce the same old consumer products. America needs baby formula now: It's time for Biden to send in the Army 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

Malik shattered stumps with yorkers at high pace, discomfiting batters with short balls that they could barely react to, and pounding a length that kept them on their toes. Umran Malik: The 90mph speed merchant who's lighting up the IPL 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Mitchell, now promoted to a high-level position running “analytics” across Fox, began sitting in on story meetings to vet topics and guests, a role that discomfited some reporters and producers. How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News — and Became Trump’s Heir 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

The discomfit of his rivals has been a political gift to Macron. France's Macron wins preelection plaudits for Russia diplomacy, but is Putin playing him? 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

But it is discomfiting that U.S. cultural institutions, with their proud traditions of free and diverse speech, would think it right to compel statements by leading artists and athletes. Opinion | Let’s think about the Russians we are canceling. Not all deserve it. 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z

This movie is uncompromisingly discomfiting, meant to remind people of all those drunken nights where they overreacted to every well-intentioned joke, and woke up choking on the stench of burned bridges. Review: The dark British comedy 'All My Friends Hate Me' is designed to make you squirm 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

It felt discomfiting, like I might be mistaken for a shoplifter. Here comes the full Amazon-ification of Whole Foods 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

On Wednesday, a Moscow city court is expected to decide whether to close Memorial’s Human Rights Center, which has discomfited the Kremlin by defending victims of rights abuses. Opinion | Putin wants to shut down Russia’s Memorial, but he can’t erase the past 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

The camera lingers for a discomfiting few seconds while the three of them silently fall apart together. Inside the 'element of geometry' that made this 'Succession' scene a work of art 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

A strange and discomfiting phenomenon has infiltrated Kansas City Chiefs games this season: Their quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, has been throwing the football to players not on his team. Why Has Patrick Mahomes Thrown So Many Interceptions? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

However diplomatically discomfiting, there is precedent for an ambassador without an official residence. In Israel, the New U.S. Ambassador’s Home Lacks a Certain View 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

Even those of us who would never consider destroying private property are discomfited by a world in which so much is shifting — including us. Perspective | A stolen BLM banner, its White defender and giving thanks 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

Even though he has found a welcoming church in the archdiocese of Chicago, he remains discomfited by the situation. US Catholic bishops may dodge rebuke of Biden over abortion 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

The traditionally feminine associations of a vessel are slyly discomfited by dense tangles of handles, Medusa-like in their clusters of writhing, snake-like forms. Review: Ex-President Trump claims to be a witch hunt target. These feminist artists beg to differ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

This work — documenting Stalin’s horrific misdeeds and protecting against them now — discomfits Mr. Putin. Opinion | Do not forget these courageous fighters in Russia 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Sanders has suggested sending vouchers to Medicare beneficiaries so they can quickly take advantage of their new benefits — a strategy that has discomfited some Democrats who panned a similar plan from former president Donald Trump. A once-in-a-decade chance to overhaul health care gets personal for Democrats and advocates 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

Even so, the roots of “La Strada,” which gave new meaning to the concept of road show, along with an unforgettable Nino Rota score, haunt Mark Grey’s new discomfiting and riveting two-person opera. Review: Opera in a Santa Monica shipping container? 'Birds in the Moon' makes it magical 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

The giant expressionless faces gaze back at viewers with vaguely discomfiting inscrutability. Chuck Close, artist of outsized reality, dies at 81 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

The Olympics — even these troubled Games, so muted and discomfiting that on television that they seem wrapped in cellophane — are a far bigger deal than the French Open. Simone Biles and the Power of ‘No’ 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

The cacophony of voices would, of course, be discomfiting, but debate was essential to a healthy democracy. Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

My experience as a historian of mass killing tells me that everything worth knowing is discomfiting; my experience as a teacher tells me that the process is worth it. The War on History Is a War on Democracy 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z

He could be — personally and in his art — lovable and discomfiting. He died homeless and forgotten. Now gay Black composer Julius Eastman finally gets his due 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

There is also evidence that Mr. Biden recognizes that his aggressive language about China — as the great adversary in a fateful struggle between democracies and autocracies — is discomfiting to many Europeans. Biden Tries to Rally G7 Nations to Counter China’s Influence 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

But Stemberger’s case shines a discomfiting light on a little-known program run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement known as Operation Cocoon, which is devised to disrupt international drug trafficking rings. ICE Meant to Capture Drug Lords. Did It Snare Duped Seniors? 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z

Once again, the series’ hallmark is as much a vibe as anything: tightly controlled emotions, stylish locations, discomfiting sensuality. The pandemic made our sex lives more digital. Inside the TV show that predicted it 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

Larry Schwartz, a former senior aide who is helping to oversee state vaccination efforts, discomfited some county executives — all of whom were eager to secure vaccine supply — by inquiring about their loyalty to the boss. Andrew Cuomo’s White-Knuckle Ride 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z

It might discomfit the president and secretary of state to be told that their excellent first steps in foreign policy are reminiscent of Ronald Reagan’s 40 years ago, so instead let’s call them Trumanesque. Opinion | Biden’s Trumanesque foreign policy 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

This discomfited Graham not at all, and in 2028, Olympic visitors will see them again. What L.A. public art should you look for as you get out and about more? 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

Anxious and isolated, they became even more discomfited by the masked and unrecognizable doctors and nurses rushing around them. How Rhode Island Fell to the Coronavirus 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z

His entire defense hinges on his claim that he didn’t realize, he never imagined, that Bennett might be discomfited by his behavior. Opinion | ‘I didn’t realize’ may be Cuomo’s best defense, but it’s a weak and offensive one 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z

Ms. Ruch said that touch, on her bare skin, discomfited her. Cuomo Accused of Unwanted Advance at a Wedding: ‘Can I Kiss You?’ 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z

They held tickets to the day session Friday but Dunlop was discomfited by television reports that a lockdown — or “the dreaded L-word,” as she called it — was imminent. Goodbye to Fans at the Australian Open 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

And the spectacle of nonviolent suffering in a just cause had the potential to discomfit witnesses and render violent and intimidating reprisals less effective. The Power of Social Justice Movements 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z

Several employees at the universities, including a few who unknowingly accepted the vaccine out of line, were also discomfited by what they saw as an inequitable and unfair process. At Elite Medical Centers, Even Workers Who Don’t Qualify Are Vaccinated 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z

While the growing GOP chorus to challenge Biden’s victory may ease the burden on Pence to lead the charge for Trump, it increases the likelihood of a volatile, discomfiting debate. Growing number of Trump loyalists in the Senate vow to challenge Biden’s victory 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z

But he said the incident left him discomfited. The inside story of how Trump’s denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic’s dark winter 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

Different interpretations of a fossil do not negate the discomfiting evidence for the antiquity of human ancestors. The Denialist Playbook 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z

He is also “TV ill,” which is to say, not incapacitated or even discomfited; his illness is, practically speaking, an idea, a motivation. 'B Positive' is one of fall TV's few new shows. It has an uphill battle ahead 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

As a fervent Black Lives Matter supporter, she said she was discomfited by the “Trump 2020” and “We back the badge” signs that dot many yards. Residents Feared Low-Income Housing Would Ruin Their Suburb. It Didn’t. 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z

Efforts by Trump to discomfit Biden through an overly aggressive first presidential debate performance in September backfired, prompting widespread criticism of his interruptions. Joe Biden: from a campaign that came close to folding to the verge of victory 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z

I saw my mother’s response in the mirror – her taut discomfited smile, the combination of dread and sangfroid in her expression, like she’d taken a sip of spoiled milk. I had the best body I've ever had – so why did I feel so much shame? 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z

The initial impulse was to hope that this discomfiting moment would pass on its own. Perspective | As a doctor, I must act when coronavirus politics threaten to harm my patients 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

She raised a cry certain to discomfit partisans. Joe Biden is counting on Nevada. Has the COVID-19 pandemic hurt his chances? 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z

Sunday at the Pullman might have been serene, but Britain’s top-ranked player, Dan Evans, was discomfited by what he observed the day before in one of the busier sections of the city. A Hotel Shows the French Open Is Another Sports Bubble That Isn’t 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

That record has both discomfited advocates of criminal justice reform and other progressives in Mr. Biden’s party, and made it more difficult for Mr. Trump to paint his opponent as an enemy of law enforcement. Biden, in Kenosha, Makes Case for Healing and Unity, Not Division 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

There have been some really public and discomfiting U-turns elsewhere in the UK too. Why have there been so many U-turns? 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

There is something discomfiting about the idea of getting fantastically rich off someone else’s misfortune, which is what happens when a “short” trade — or bet against a stock or industry — succeeds. ‘The Big Short 2.0’: How Hedge Funds Profited Off the Pain of Malls 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

And yet there is something strange and discomfiting about the performance, having as much to do with what is said and emphasized as what is left implicit. We Need to Stop Measuring Black Lives by Their Whiteness 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Our point in sharing some discomfiting facts was that there are not simple or easy answers here. Train wreck Georgia primary raises fears for fall 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

It’s about so much more than astronomy, he wrote; it’s a window into humans’ investment in established fictions over discomfiting truths. Opinion | The End of College as We Knew It? 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

He was also an unfettered champion of the automobile, and he built parkways and highways throughout the region, displacing poor families and discomfiting wealthy Long Island landowners. Lights. Camera. Makeup. And a Carefully Placed 1,246-Page Book. 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

The geneticists’ research forces conservationists to confront, in a new and sometimes discomfiting way, the prospect that repairing the natural world does not necessarily mean returning to an unblemished Eden. Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

Similarly, it is discomfiting to realize that Broca’s area, linked to language processing, is named for the French physician Paul Broca, who believed in a hierarchy of peoples. Neuroscience needs some new ideas 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the most discomfiting issue for progressives to face is the role of migration in Mr. Trump’s rise. The Open Borders Trap 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

This may be discomfiting to hear; the notion might even strike some people as offensive. Opinion | Why Did the Coronavirus Outbreak Start in China? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Powell’s star power with the American public discomfitted colleagues and conservative activists outside government. Review | Dick Cheney and Colin Powell: A contentious friendship and a world-defining debate 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Like Americans disputing about Confederate statues and other discomfiting reminders of things past, Spaniards are in the difficult process of striking a delicate balance between necessary remembering and judicious forgetting. Opinion | Spain faces an ongoing grapple with the politics of memory 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

We find this reality especially discomfiting now that the occupant of the White House is an impulsive political neophyte, exuding contempt for legal and political constraints. Opinion | The House’s resolution should be just the start of Congress reasserting its war powers 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Trump’s threats generated condemnation at home and abroad while deeply discomfiting American military leaders who have made a career of upholding the laws of war. Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

But in these packages, and in live broadcasts, the editing is meticulous, omitting anything that might discomfit the N.F.L.’s brass and team owners. Who’s Better at Image Management: Colin Kaepernick or the N.F.L.? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

This image is placed in tension with an emerald green 18th-century-style backdrop, swagged to bursting with damask fruit that lends a gorgeousness, and an imprimatur of mainstream probity, to the otherwise discomfiting scene. How Today’s Queer Artists Are Revising History 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

The outreach may not expand the president’s meager support among African-Americans, but it appeared aimed at reassuring suburban white voters discomfited by his use of racist tropes and incendiary language. Trump Reaches Out to Black Voters 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

They are all still playing small rooms, where eye contact is unavoidable, and there is something uniquely discomfiting about being singled out from a crowd to be spoken at by someone on a stage. All talk: why 2019's best bands speak instead of sing 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

The 2012 documentary film Beware of Mr Baker is a profoundly discomfiting watch. Ginger Baker: a master and monster who split rock music apart 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

Calls for “civility” are employed to stave off political discussions likely to prove extremely discomfiting for one side. Column: Justice Gorsuch's call for 'civility' is a hypocritical defense of privilege 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

But that doesn't make it any less discomfiting. Barack Obama was an awesome president — and Democrats shouldn't forget that 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

In a country founded on the premise of immigration, such mendacious pearl-clutching is deeply discomfiting. A world of walls: the brutish power of man-made barriers 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z

It’s true that many donors — in fact, ordinary citizens — may be unaware of and discomfited by how public their political activities happen to be. Column: Shaming Trump donors by revealing they donated to Trump? What's wrong with that? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

What the Netflix show finds there is a nostalgic and often discomfiting reflection of our own socioeconomic moment. Newsletter: Today: Trump’s Envoy of Discord in Israel 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z

Book and Fine, who sponsored the legislation with others, posed a discomfiting question to the school district in the statement they issued Monday: Florida editorial roundup 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

MIT scientists tell Nature about discomfiting experiences with government officials in recent months — and say they are changing their behaviour in response. Daily briefing: UK university will ban lectures 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

A setting of “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” titled “Falstaff,” proved a success, and still gives delight today, but “Il Mondo Alla Rovescia,” the comedy of inverted gender roles, discomfited the Viennese public. Antonio Salieri’s Revenge 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z

For those of us accustomed to thinking of the United States as a unified economy, best regulated as uniformly as possible from sea to shining sea, these facts discomfit. Opinion | We don’t need a one-size-fits-all federal minimum wage 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

Bugs don’t bother me, though I was a little discomfited by the dozens of crimson mites ambling over my car’s windshield. Perspective | Noticed an invasion of blue jays? You’re not alone. We’re in a bird bonanza. 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z

In this lively, equal parts funny and discomfiting film, she follows a group of self-identified Satan-worshipers to interrogate their beliefs and practices. Review | The documentary ‘Hail Satan?’ is a cheeky, provocative look at the Satanic Temple 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

Yet from the beginning, Simkins said, it was clear that some of the building’s older residents were discomfited by the new basement dwellers. District of Columbia houses homeless people in upscale apartments. It hasn’t gone as planned. 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

Now and then, judges issued rulings that discomfited him. Egypt’s Soap Opera Clampdown Extends el-Sisi’s Iron Grip to TV 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

Usually a captivating and fiery orator, the prime minister looked discomfited during his speech of just over 40 minutes. #GoBackModi: India's PM struggles for the South 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Then again, none of that justifies discomfiting you with verbal swipes when you don’t join in the banter. What to do when sexual tension at work — real or imagined — is disruptive 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

And Gay, the photographer, holds a discomfiting sort of sympathy for Bundy, whom he saw as a subject first and foremost. Ted Bundy’s ghost still haunts the Northwest 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z

At the outset Lipstadt expresses her hope that both sides of the political divide will be discomfited by her analysis and conclusions, and they probably will. Holocaust scholar surveys rising tide of anti-Semitism 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

Our current predicament is a mirror of these swirling and discomfiting tendencies. How Progressive Era radical Thorstein Veblen helps explain Donald Trump 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

They suggested that Carlson was open to a thoughtful discussion of the economic and political flaws in American society, even if such a discussion discomfited conservatives weaned on the ideas of Ronald Reagan. Salon Interview: Tucker Carlson bashes capitalism, says he might vote for Elizabeth Warren 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

Often he'll use the conference room as a stage set, setting up posters and bookshelves to visually reinforce what he plans to say—and to discomfit opposing attorneys. Expert witness David Egilman wins billions—and makes enemies—as he fights companies over public health 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

What Charlotte shouldn’t do is panic, no matter how discomfiting a headline may be. North Carolina editorial roundup 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

Everything painful, sad, discomfiting, true — Smith writes about it so beautifully that you no longer want look away. Poet Danez Smith talks identity, safe spaces and a ‘lush’ new day for poetry 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

Ms. Wolf was not the first comic to cause a ruckus; Stephen Colbert’s 2006 appearance so discomfited the tuxedoed audience that Rich Little, an inoffensive impressionist, was invited the following year. No More Laughs as White House Correspondents’ Dinner Turns to a Historian 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

The failure to have more extensive proceeding has discomfited some observers, but others point to the tribunal's accomplishments. Last Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of genocide, get life terms 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

It is not proselytising or alarmist to tell us the raw truth about what is happening to the world, however much it might discomfit us. David Attenborough has betrayed the living world he loves | George Monbiot 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

They sit calmly on the subway tracks, ignoring discomfited commuters on the platform. Cats v. Rats? In New York, the Rats Win 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

He added that Colangelo’s direction “balances the story’s myriad conflicting tensions with admirable lucidity. That’s another way of saying that she keeps the camera steadily trained on Gyllenhaal, whose brilliantly discomfiting performance anchors every scene.” Indie Focus: Holding together in 'Bad Times at the El Royale,' 'Beautiful Boy' and 'The Kindergarten Teacher' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z

That’s another way of saying that she keeps the camera steadily trained on Gyllenhaal, whose brilliantly discomfiting performance anchors every scene. Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal brings a fierce, layered intensity to 'The Kindergarten Teacher' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

Whatever it meant in the past, and however it discomfits the present, the Aeneid has, alas, always anticipated the future. Is the Aeneid a Celebration of Empire—or a Critique? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z

Hernández’s best drawings are similarly sensuous and discomfiting, but the compelling visual dialect is distinctly feminist. Review: The ghosts of Mexico's missing women animate Judithe Hernández’s brooding debut at the Museum of Latin American Art 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Not a few white people were discomfited by it, too; their sense of justice was offended by it – they didn’t want whiteness to mean that. Can we choose our own identity? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

Yakin uses genre packaging for an intense, personal film, which many viewers may find discomfiting — if only because it’s so hard to classify. Review: Boaz Yakin's ‘Boarding School’ is a complex psychodrama disguised as gothic horror 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

In both articles, he raised a discomfiting question for a party that presents itself as integral to China’s future: Why was no one talking about the economic burden of the party? Opinion | A professor dared tell the truth in China — and was fired 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

So it was discomfiting to discover Molly standing beside her one day, holding two paper cups. “Ways and Means” 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

“Little Panic” grips and discomfits in the best way. Will women’s pain ever be taken seriously? A conversation with Amanda Stern about “Little Pan... 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

While the practical impact may be small, just being named on a U.S. blacklist is bound to discomfit the officers. Opinion | The U.S. opts for silence in the face of atrocity 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

The brain, discomfited by the related but dissonant signals being sent through the optic nerve, handily knits the discordant ocular inputs together. Review: With 'Double Vision' at LACMA, 3-D art strives to find a new dimension 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z

She had never taken to her parents’ Christian faith — she started questioning it around age 7 — but she was discomfited by how Christians were summarily disparaged on campus and how easily she joined in. Young Jean Lee’s Unsafe Spaces 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

She told investigators that she was shocked and discomfited by Ayala’s focus and comments on her appearance. Here’s the sexual harassment report that felled a famed geneticist—and his defense 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

I recall these steps as feeling both discomfiting and inevitable, as if someone else was moving my feet. ‘We believed we could remake ourselves any way we liked’: how the 1990s shaped #MeToo 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

Now, the Capital Gazette, descendant of the seventh newspaper to be created in colonial America, in 1727, had to cover news about itself, always a difficult and discomfiting task. After newsroom shootings, a quick collapse into blame and division 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

Casual encounters with strange men are discomfiting to many Saudi women. Saudi Women Can Drive, but Here’s the Real Roadblock 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Presumably, Tunisians are as discomfited by insects to the same degree as English people are. The Bugs of Volgograd: England-Tunisia Match Attracts Pests 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

I’m thrilled by the finished result, if a bit discomfited. Perspective | An unnerving Father’s Day gift has left me pondering portraiture — and the soul 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z

Disconcerting means "disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting." Lullaby written for school shooting drills 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

But she also claimed to have a close relationship with the president, which discomfited those already uneasy about her record. Gina Haspel, Trump’s pick to lead CIA, wins support of Senate Intelligence Committee 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

Roast-style humor is an odd fit for protocol-oriented Washington, and some comedians praised Ms. Wolf for discomfiting the audience of elite journalists and administration officials. Michelle Wolf’s Routine Sets Off a Furor at an Annual Washington Dinner 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

In his review for The Times, Justin Chang called the film “a brilliantly discomfiting portrait of European colonialism and its discontents.” Indie Focus: Summer sneaks plus 'Zama,' 'Disobedience,' and 'Duck Butter' 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

In "Zama," a brilliantly discomfiting portrait of European colonialism and its discontents, every sound and image tells the same sickening story. Lucrecia Martel's 'Zama' is a feverishly brilliant tale of European colonialism and its discontents 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

That he is one of those gurus, peddling parenting products, didn’t seem to discomfit him. How Harvey Karp Turned Baby Sleep Into Big Business 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

Some tech firms remain discomfited about appearing as the president’s allies. Silicon Valley Warms to Trump After a Chilly Start 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

He has discomfited longtime U.S. allies with tariffs that threaten a possible trade war. A tumultuous chapter, but Trump's poll standing ticks upward: How come? 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

Even if it belongs to a puppet, the sight of a dog’s ear that’s been bitten off sends a discomfiting jolt. Review | Wes Anderson brings his jewel-box aesthetic to Japan with ‘Isle of Dogs’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

The loss became a discomfiting episode for the Navy, says Marvin Barrash of Kent Island, the great-nephew of another ship firefighter. Baltimore-bound USS Cyclops vanished 100 years ago. Its fate remains a mystery. 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

In 2014 the European court of justice ruled in favour of a Spaniard who was discomfited by an archived newspaper item that contained public details about his former indebtedness. Should we forget about the ‘right to be forgotten’? | Paul Chadwick 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

Adrion focuses on the voices of women who’ve shoehorned their way into the industry and have inspiring stories to tell, as well as discomfiting ones. Half the Picture proves that #MeToo alone won’t solve sexism in entertainment 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

In all these stories, the technology is still profoundly discomfiting, but the characters stuck with it find vindication anyway. To stay relevant, Black Mirror has to change how dystopian fiction works 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

I had the discomfiting sensation of catching a glimpse of something deeply private, like walking in on someone in a state of undress or using the bathroom. Is ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ the Most Radical Show on TV? 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

Image: Climoji For us, it really is chapter one: chapter one is, be awake and be okay with experiencing with how discomfiting this is, without letting your guilt consume you. What kind of emoji do you need to talk about climate change? 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

Also discomfiting is the question of how much Mr. Trump’s ownership of Florida beachfront property factored into the decision. Opinion | Excluding Florida from a new offshore drilling plan sure looks partisan 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z

If the emotional substance of these food stories seems familiar, it’s because they tend to be as messy and discomfiting as our own. A matter of taste: six remarkable women and the food they ate 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z

I was consistently more drawn to the discomfiting films, the ones with more political and personal edge. Critics roundtable: the movies that transported and troubled us in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

This discomfits some, but the Federal Communications Commission is right to let markets steer competition and innovation. The Internet Is Free Again 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

Somewhat discomfiting, the jests of these authors serve as an antidote and alternative to the despairing negativity or fake positivity that plagues patients like me. Cancer Humor 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z

All three of the books affirm a single, discomfiting truth: the rage-filled American present is at war with the American past, each side prone to slanderous fits and discarding facts that don’t suit them. How Amazon reviews became the new battlefield of US politics 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

Trump’s advisers said the president was particularly discomfited by Price’s behavior because he’d run as a champion for “forgotten” Americans for whom costly charter-plane travel seemed particularly egregious. HHS Secretary Tom Price resigns amid criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

How discomfiting you find this development probably depends on how romantic you interpret Jung’s play to be. Forward Flux presents ambitious double bill 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

However, one of those people has recently gone missing--under circumstances of great interest to Aphra’s discomfiting government allies, and possibly to the entire planet. How author Ruthanna Emrys is subverting Lovecraft’s tropes with her own cosmic horror series 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

I chart fluids and drugs and arrange for a hospital bed, feeling discomfited that the family is so dramatically relieved at such a basic intervention. We’re more likely to get cancer than to get married. This is a wake-up call | Ranjana Srivastava 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

And though it deals with deeply discomfiting subject matter, that’s what honesty often feels like — a point you might apply to any of the three shows in WET’s season. New Washington Ensemble Theatre season takes aim at ‘toxic masculinity’ 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z

It is a course that leaves both parties somewhat discomfited, both because of Virginia’s bifurcated demography and the cautious nature of the two candidates. Charlottesville and Trump’s Response Reshape Virginia Gubernatorial Race 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

It might be a personally discomfiting one to some, but that’s not a good reason to dismiss the long history of women contributing to tech and instead turn to bad science. Science doesn’t explain tech’s diversity problem — history does 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

From the book’s title onwards, most of what Buckley writes is based on what evidently first drew him to his subject: the idea that “rock stars are meant to be weird, disquieting and discomfiting”. Strange fascination: The best David Bowie books 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z

Effective as both a textured slice-of-life and as a discomfiting commentary on modern alienation — marked by subtle observations about race and class — “The Transfiguration” is sublime art-horror. New video: 'The Dinner' features a top-notch cast tackling uncomfortable subjects 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kohl had through most of his political career been visibly discomfited by discussions of Germany’s decimated Jewish heritage. Helmut Kohl, German statesman who united his country after Cold War, dies at 87 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

Trump’s comments also discomfited many in the United States. London mayor tells AP he doesn’t care about Trump tweets 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

This dual presence — transparent yet indispensable — discomfits the national imagination. Israel’s Invisible Filipino Work Force 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

Le Pen in action is good, if discomfiting, television. How Marine Le Pen played the media 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Looking up the narrow chute that is the 18th fairway, Fitzpatrick was discomfited by spectators leaning forward on the right side for a better view. Matthew Fitzpatrick was upset with double-bogey 6 on the 18th hole, but happy he didn't kill anybody with his tee shot - Golf Digest 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

And unlike other world leaders, such as Germany’s Merkel, who has been discomfited by Trump, Xi might find familiarity in the insularity of an administration run largely by tycoons and family members. As he gets ready to meet Trump in Florida, China's Xi Jinping has a lot to worry about 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z

Shakespeare restored confidence by keeping things simple, Vardy rediscovered the rabidity which so discomfits defenders, and Schmeichel simply continued being brilliant. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

And she insists that “my hair never discomfited Black people. Quite the opposite.” Opinion | When saying you’re black and being black are two different things 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z

Like Gen Thomas’s comments, that flood of leaks, while discomfiting Donald Trump, also represented a potential challenge to the American political system as it once was known. Junta lite: how generals and billionaires took over Trump's militarized America 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

While a majority of Americans support greater immigration enforcement, as well as major reforms aimed at greater security, the visual effect of raids that don’t always target “bad dudes” is discomfiting. Opinion | Spicer makes an impossible job even harder 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Two years into Xi Jinping’s presidency, China’s politics were turning away from the liberalising trend of the previous three decades, towards a hard-edged nationalism that was discomfiting China’s immediate neighbours and their western allies. Donald Trump is making China great again | Isabel Hilton 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

Roughly translated: Climate may or may not be a problem, but how real I can’t say, and in any case I’m not going to greatly discomfit anyone. Rick Perry Studies His Job Description 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

But to anyone who believes in innocence until proof of guilt, visiting is a discomfiting experience. Guantánamo remains a stain on America’s reputation 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

What makes the movie such a discomfiting experience is that it seems to sympathize with its heroine, acknowledging her intelligence, integrity and work ethic, while remaining unsparingly honest about her very real shortcomings. Has Hollywood lost touch with American values? 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Yet for pro-Western Russian liberals, the panicked attitude of some of America’s mainstream media was equally discomfiting. Vladimir Putin wins his last round against Barack Obama 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

He goes where the data lead him, and he accepts the findings, however discomfiting or politically incorrect. Tom Sowell, a Fearless Contrarian, Puts Down the Pen 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

For that reason, the discomfiting focus on the role of the Jews should be welcome. Bach’s Holy Dread 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

One discomfiting part of this story is all too familiar, however: the practice of state-level governments installing corporate puppets to run their various environmental and natural resources agencies. The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

At any given moment, the work discomfits in simultaneously the best and worst ways, amplifying the grotesque origins of contemporary America to near deafening. Why Kara Walker's incendiary slavery art is as relevant as ever 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

Going into the Valley of the Kings felt like sneaking into the Metropolitan Museum in the middle of the night: I had the place to myself, but the privilege was discomfiting. The Factory of Fakes 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

But poets in our discomfiting age are riffing on President-elect Donald Trump, a man whose tax breaks and Twitter feeds contain multitudes. Donald Trump has roused the poets to stinging verse 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

For Zainab Ghwari, a community organizer in Sugar Land, the election results were a discomfiting reminder of the way many Americans perceive her. Some Texas Muslims note concerns after Donald Trump election 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

In one discomfiting chapter, the girls are invited to the birthday party of a white, middle-class schoolmate, Lily Bingham. Zadie Smith’s Memory Tricks 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

It’s discomfiting to see “Walking Dead” double down on misery when there’s already been so much of it. Negan promises he's 'just getting started,' but have 'Walking Dead' fans already seen enough misery? 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

McDowell said the kiss discomfited a pageant official who was also present. The growing list of women who have stepped forward to accuse Trump of touching them inappropriately 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z

Even in reliably red Texas, even for a generation eager for a candidate who disrupts and discomfits the ossified Washington establishment, Trump is a hard sell. 'How do we support a racist?' Young Republicans grapple with 2016 election 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Nayyem’s poise and gift for repartee made him an obvious fit for television, where, as an on-air host, he deployed his natural ease and charm to discomfit politicians. Reforming Ukraine After the Revolutions 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

Which is why there’s something haunting in it, and discomfiting. A Dramatic Lesson About Political Actors 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

I was extremely discomfited to learn that D.C. D.C. Council members’ multiple jobs 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

In short, U.S. targeting of Hezbollah would mostly please and embolden Washington’s friends and discomfit its antagonists. The right target for the U.S. in Syria: Hezbollah 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

Her opponent radiates anger, and the United States has not elected an angry president since Andrew Jackson, long before television brought presidents into everyone’s living room, where anger is discomfiting. Can Clinton do in 2016 what Reagan did in 1980? 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

While it contains some positive news about household finances, many of its findings are discomfiting. What You Think You Know About Money, but Don’t, Can Hurt You 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z

As drama it is riveting and full of unexpected turns, also somewhat haunting and discomfiting, which I’ll get to in a moment. A Dramatic Lesson About Political Actors 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

The result is a song that’s both catchy and discomfiting, if a little derivative. This is your next jam: Britney Spears, Katy Perry, and more 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

The 25-minute mix doesn’t break a ton of new ground — it’s abrasive, intense, and occasionally achieves a sort of eerie, Gothic beauty — but it still makes for a fascinating, uniquely discomfiting listen. This is your next jam: Jay Z, Miguel, and more 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z

Darkness did not discomfit him, and death did not scare him. Somewhere, John Sorenson, 92, Is Smiling 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

Because of complaints by human-rights advocates, who seem to think that it’s better to be dead than discomfited. How the Red Cross Killed Non-Lethal Weapons 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

The continued resistance can be discomfiting for Trump supporters, who find themselves outsiders in a Republican state for siding with the GOP candidate. Utah Republicans are sour on Trump, and Libertarians sense opportunity 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

But sorting discoveries from false leads can be discomfiting. 1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

But many of Pegida’s supporters evidently felt discomfited by non-white players representing Germany at football internationals. Pegida activists protest at images of non-white German footballers on Kinder bars 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

But even many in that latter category are instinctually discomfited by public disclosures of classified information. Future of national security whistleblowing at stake in US inquiry 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

He's more concerned with preserving his crustacean sex life than protesting how The Hotel turns human expression into a discomfiting checklist. The Lobster draws out an illogical world to its most logical ends 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

But this week, a charging Day proved discomfiting. As Jason Day Dominates the Field, Jordan Spieth Misses the Cut 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

Of course, Burle Marx, in his time, presented a discomfiting hybrid too. Landscape Artist Roberto Burle Marx’s Lasting Influence 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

The number and severity of these incidences is discomfiting. Sperm Donation Needs Federal Regulation 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

And yet, again according to Kyle Blaine, there are some in the media who are actually discomfited by the surrender to Trump. CNN’s Donald Trump disgrace: Trump coverage is the smoking gun, CNN is the corpse 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

The incongruous letter remained there throughout much of my childhood—a discomfiting advertisement to the world that not everything inside the house was quite normally aligned. Madness Runs in the Family 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z

But somehow, his performance lacked the tropes of traditional masculinity that might have made this aggression discomfiting. Juiceboxxx, a rapper, made me care about guitar music again 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z

“People are now getting used to the fact it’s not there. I think for a lot of people that’s discomfiting and that may create some of the good pressure toward a solution.” End of Tax Break Program May Blunt Impact of New York Zoning Change 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

This makes him a discomfiting study for a next-slide-please survey course. Edvard Munch’s Unsung Importance 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

In the evening’s strangest, most discomfiting performance, Jeneve Rose Mitchell and McCreery took on “Gone” by Montgomery Gentry – and the less said about Mitchell’s outfit the better. 'American Idol' recap: Five head home after 'Idol' reunion 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

He was preaching to the choir: an annual festival of data protection and privacy experts; people steeped in the increasingly discomfiting reality of trying to control data online – bits in a tornado. How Europe is fighting to change tech companies' 'wrecking ball' ethics 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

He's selling in ways that are luring voters, discomfiting the GOP hierarchy and, confirming the tenets of professors who know marketing. Trump, Marketer-in-Chief 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

According to luxury resale insiders, however, consigning needn’t be so discomfiting. The Secrets of Re-selling Luxury Clothes 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

A city long known for its robust economy, affordability, liberal politics and chic restaurants finds itself confronting an open secret as discomfiting as the bone-chilling winters. Minneapolis’s Less Visible, and More Troubled, Side 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

He looks a tad discomfited in playing a bottom-edged hook off a short ball which dribbles behind to the keeper. South Africa v England: second Test, day four – live! 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

Standing in the centre of these huge screens and loudspeakers is an impressively discomfiting experience. Museum of Tomorrow: a captivating invitation to imagine a sustainable world 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

The new title better describes their roles, and it does away with antiquated terminology that discomfited some students, faculty, and the heads of college themselves.” University students hold anti-racism protests across US – as it happened 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

We like to hear what doesn’t discomfit us. All of our choices are bad, and we helped make it that way: ISIS, Islam and the real story of our decades-long foreign-policy disaster 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

These words may be personally discomfiting, but they accurately describe a systemic reality. Campus Protests Are Part of a Critique of White Male Privilege 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

He looks a tad discomfited in playing a bottom-edged hook off a short ball which dribbles behind to the keeper. South Africa v England: second Test, day four – live! 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

Such findings raise the discomfiting question of whether Palestinian violence works. As stabbing attacks reach Israeli heartland, ignoring conflict becomes much harder 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

Then there was the girl who entered the program as a 7-year-old and would hide when discomfited. Challenges abound for US kids who’ve had a parent in prison 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

But even some who support a legal right to abortion were discomfited by the casual, even callous, way Planned Parenthood officials in the videos referred to the organs of aborted fetuses. Defunding fetal tissue research would be a mistake 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

For a bowler who’s neither particularly fast nor short enough to be skiddy or tall enough to generate discomfiting bounce, and who was originally a specialist swing bowler, Anderson has developed into a wonderful player. Pakistan v England: second Test, day one – live! 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

You never want to run the risk of being surprised and discomfited by what your spouse says. Walk a mile in my shoes and your feet will probably hurt 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

It is a discomfiting sanctuary where a man's obsession collides with larger questions over constitutional rights and the power of police to protect. 'Peace Officer' documentary looks at why police tactics seem to be getting more brutal 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Even more discomfiting for some is the appeal Trump has among organizations known to harbor white supremacist views. Alongside Trump’s campaign, activist clashes are growing uglier 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

Francis remains popular despite discomfiting many inside and outside the church. Popular Pope Francis has revived, ruffled US Catholic church 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

The left plays down the discomfiting incentives and unintended consequences that have resulted from Roe v. Let’s Talk About the Racial Disparity in Abortions 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

The journalist, for instance, was given a DVD of the 2004 beheading of the American radio-tower operator Nicholas Berg, a snippet of which is shown here in a brief but highly discomfiting moment. Telluride: In 'Only the Dead,' Michael Ware descends into the heart of Iraq darkness 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

Dr. Sacks discomfited some readers, who maintained that he capitalized on his patients’ suffering to form handy parables. Oliver Sacks, doctor of ‘Awakenings’ and poet laureate of medicine, dies at 82 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z

And over the course of a long war it helped obscure a discomfiting truth: The identities and motives of the insurgents, and their various factions, often remained opaque. Afghan War’s Convenient Myth: A Living Mullah Omar 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

He said he was fond of Mr. Price, but was more discomfited by his actions. A Company Copes With Backlash Against the Raise That Roared 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

But the demands that each constituency is placing on the leading presidential candidates reflect a growing unwillingness to accept the usual assurances, an expectation of action — and discomfiting strains on the political center. Candidates Caught in Middle as Words Ring Hollow to Activists 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z

Frank received millions of dollars, but wealth so discomfited him he used it to create a foundation and gave it away. The Man Who Saw America 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Some people — particularly conservatives — are discomfited by Moore’s approach. How a Southern Baptist leader became surprising voice on Confederate flag 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Fiorina quickly grew discomfited when the questions seemed to treat her more as a heckler pulling a stunt than as a formidable candidate making an otherwise significant campaign stop.” The GOP’s 'Game of Thrones' is only going to help Hillary Clinton 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

But Ms. Fiorina quickly grew discomfited when the questions seemed to treat her more as a heckler pulling a stunt than as a formidable candidate making an otherwise significant campaign stop. Carly Fiorina, in an Ambush of Hillary Clinton, Gets Defensive 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

The display is especially important for Obama in a year when his decision to negotiate with Iran, a regime with leaders who periodically call for the destruction of Israel, has discomfited many Jewish leaders. Obama vows no bad deal with Iran: 'This deal will have my name on it' 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

That may discomfit more hawkish allies, especially the United Arab Emirates, who regard the Brotherhood, even in non-violent incarnation, as the source of jihadist ideology. Obama shakes up the sheikhs 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

He added: “The university is an open marketplace of ideas. Sometimes, we encounter views that are discomfiting. We debate rather than boycott them.” Some Jewish activists don't want Cornel West at UCLA conference 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z

But in the aftermath of the trial, I've arrived at a handful of discomfiting conclusions. Five uncomfortable truths about the Ellen Pao verdict 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

But he was not the least discomfited to see two major winners rise like vultures to challenge his equanimity at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Morgan Hoffmann, a Pilot, Handles Pressure as He Seeks His First PGA Win 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

“In the end,” Cooper wrote, “his respectful and masterful speech reminded everyone, that he has earned his place on the international stage, no matter how discomfiting his message is to some.” Netanyahu Wins Big in Israel, But the Future Still Unclear 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

To be honest, Answer Man was a bit discomfited by all this. With help from Howard Hughes, scientists push the limits of mortality 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z

Ragnar is obviously discomfited by the child’s presence, though when Aslaug asks if he loves his son he answers “of course.” 'Vikings' Season 3 Premiere Review: 'Mercenary' 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

Audacious questions, probing ones, dissenting opinions and contentious or discomfiting observations are not brooked from either gender, especially if those talking and dissenting are not "important". Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Why Women Stay Quiet at Work 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

This discomfiting proximity, this unsought intimacy, is the fundamental pleasure of poetry. An Alaskan Poet’s Lyrics of Sex and Power 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

But their competitors who employ that lower paid labour will be most discomfited by a rise. Bad News For Amazon As Boehner Kills The Online Sales Tax 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

Undergirding their uncertainty is the discomfiting sense that no one — not the president nor members of Congress — has much control over events around the world. Unease over economy, Obama may turn Iowans redder — if they vote at all 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

It worked on three occasions, discomfiting Distin and forcing him into a hurried pass. Everton ease to goalless draw after crowd trouble in Lille 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

The episode discomfited the people at National City. Have art, will travel: A D.C. artist installed a mosaic without church’s permission

The one he and Ferrell wrote for Anchorman discomfited preview audiences because they couldn’t tell which character had dropped the bomb. The History of the Fart Joke

He meant he hoped to emulate Blair’s success in transforming his party and delivering three thumping election victories, but this week Cameron echoed — and surpassed — Blair’s ability to discomfit the Queen. David Cameron Should Be Royally Embarrassed By Independence Flub 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Stanford Coach David Shaw was more discomfited than entertained after watching Arizona's wild, Hail Mary win over Cal. Pac-12 Conference is getting to be a tougher neighborhood 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Mangala also played superbly well alongside Kompany, providing perhaps the most assured peg in City’s defence in a spiky game that saw Diego Costa, as he will, disrupt and discomfit the home team. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

Unannounced, I showed up to that session, clearly discomfiting Tom. Remembering influential lobbyist Thomas Boggs

The surge in support for independence over recent weeks has also discomfited investors. British PM begs Scots not to break up 'family of nations' 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z

Even Iran can assist, though that might discomfit Washington. Obama Administration Debates Bombing Syria To Fight Islamic State; Instead, Washington Should Allow Syria And Others To Battle Killer Radicals 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

According to Dhiab and others, many nurses at Gitmo have repeatedly exhibited signs that they are discomfited by what they are asked to do. A nurse at Gitmo refuses to force feed any more prisoners. Others should too 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z

There are as many awkward, discomfiting sequences in “Obvious Child” as there are interludes of genuine fun and romance. ‘Obvious Child’ review

The difference between Sharapova at the start and finish of the match was huge – her serve took a set and a half to find its groove and Stosur’s energy clearly discomfited her opponent. Sharapova fights back to reach French Open quarter-finals 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z

The collective Guerrilla Girls tackle the issue most explicitly, with graffiti announcing discomfiting statistics: "Less than 4% of exhibited artists are women but 76% of nudes are female." Pharrell's art show 'celebrating women' tainted by a Terry Richardson nude 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, it must be the tiniest bit discomfiting at times to have your work changed so drastically. George R.R. Martin Comments On Controversial 'Game Of Thrones' Scene 2014-04-22T18:24:00Z

Playing the hole last year, he went from a confident second-round leader to a wobbly, discomfited also-ran. Masters Dreams Are Dashed at Augusta National’s 15th Hole 2014-04-10T01:09:15Z

Israel, assumed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East, has been discomfited by U.S. detente with Iran since the election last year of President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate. West, Iran activate landmark nuclear deal 2014-01-21T02:53:31Z

One reason A&E may not be discomfited by the protests is that it will be a long time before any viewer even notices the suspension. Advertising: Fans Criticize Move to Suspend ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star 2013-12-20T01:48:06Z

Some viewers might find the juxtaposition of enormous American warships in pursuit of a handful of shoeless Somali pirates to be discomfiting. The U.S. Military Isn't Flawless 2013-10-12T02:05:22Z

If South Korea is looking for evidence that the Obama administration is playing favorites in the patent war between and , it got some discomfiting signals on Tuesday. Did Obama Just Pick Sides in the Apple-Samsung Patent War? 2013-10-08T15:01:07Z

An ongoing project at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington DC reveals discomfiting gaps in the data. In addition 2013-08-14T18:20:03.017Z

Those moves have many in Ireland questioning his loyalties, a discomfiting state of affairs for McIlroy, who cares what people think of him and strives to be a winning — and winsome — entertainer. McIlroy, a Native Son, Divides Ireland 2013-07-13T15:20:15Z

Mr. Rudd has revived his party’s chances at the next election, and commentators have turned from misogyny to taxes, carbon, refugees and investment; there is a discomfiting sense of relief that the woman has gone. Op-Ed Contributor: In Australia, Misogyny Lives On 2013-07-06T00:40:56Z

It is seeping into the salons of power, discomfiting Russia’s leaders and their bizniz cronies. Schumpeter: Spooked by shale 2013-06-27T15:06:40Z

She laughed often, sometimes out of genuine amusement but other times, it seemed, to deflect discomfiting questions. | Janette Sadik-Khan: Transportation Chief Talks of Giving the Public More Public Spaces 2013-06-17T01:29:46Z

But in Mr. Roth’s view, they “are often tired myths — ones that numb us to more discomfiting ambiguities.” Lens Blog: A White Road and an Ambiguous Narrative 2013-05-08T15:13:02Z

He was steered toward environmental science by a professor at Hunter College and by the discomfiting memory of a dusty D.I.Y. apartment renovation that left his daughter Wendy, then 5, with respiratory allergies. Debriefing: Bill Sothern Remediates Mold and Other Hazards 2013-05-03T16:23:00Z

One expects such officials to be discomfited by idle factories and restive workers. Bangladeshi workers need more than boycotts 2013-04-30T18:34:31Z

Environment Wine and Climate Change Every day, it seems, global warming finds a new way to discomfit us. The Week: Language on Twitter, Saturn’s ‘Ring Rain’ and More 2013-04-15T20:33:56Z

The advice sounded sage, if a bit discomfiting. Should Parents Ask Other Parents About Guns at Home? 2013-04-12T11:05:52Z

However I am discomfited by the glee with which this development appears to have been greeted by thousands of online readers. Charging fatter people more to fly? It's Samoa Air that should be ashamed 2013-04-03T11:28:53Z

Unless, that is, it is ' "transition" to the world of cyberspace, an uncertain and highly discomfiting process – because, frankly, it may not be a process at all. The writing is on the paywall – but the end of print is not quite nigh 2012-12-30T00:06:08Z

Many wealthy liberals, by contrast, have sat on the sidelines, in part because they say they are discomfited by the influence of big money in politics. Soros donates $1.5 million to pro-Obama super PACs 2012-09-27T21:02:00Z

单词	discomfit
例句	discomfit When, discomfited, he came and asked once more for the friendship which, in his prosperity, he had not thought it worth his while to preserve. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Women, children and sex discomfited him, in part because they took time away from thinking. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Bellatrix said nothing, but looked, for the first time, a little discomfited. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Thoroughly discomfited, Ash left her seat rather than wait for Prince Aidan to return. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was discomfiting to observe how Kimberly lurched, keen to do the right thing and not knowing what the right thing was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Greatly discomfited, the Helper turned to his partner, a wisp of a woman who seemed to be trying to hide behind her hair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I never expected to be someone who hired others to maintain my image, and at first the idea was discomfiting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Our schoolteacher, Miss Harbottle, had glossed over Mr. Darwin, looking discomfited as she did so. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Back when men were men and words had some muscle, to discomfit was to defeat, rout, or overthrow. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Caesar took her hands in his and then the gesture discomfited him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Robin Hood and his merry men discomfited the Sheriff of Nottingham. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Clippinger, considerably discomfited by this vision, exclaimed, “Sir! Good sir! Some supper!” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z He is shocked and discomfited by the news, feeling bad about his irritation and impatience, wondering if the victim had been a man or a woman, young or old. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Feeling discomfited in a way he could not remember having felt before, Bod made his way back to the Owenses’ tomb, and was pleased to see both of his parents waiting for him beside it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z But when Lazlo held out his arm, he could only blink, discomfited. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It had always discomfited him, the pleasure she took in being mistaken for mixed-race. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Ha,” he said to the Duke of Cambenet, “we must be discomfited.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet there was something about the little brown body wrapped in Mrs. McCullough’s long, pale arms that discomfited him as it had his mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z That spirit alarmed and discomfited many Europeans, toff and peasant alike. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But the colored boy in the black suit driving the wagon and his queer smile discomfited strangers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Whenever you get the available answer to a straight question, like, say, where does the most famous and worst of the four-letter Anglo-Saxon unprintable words come from, the answer raises new and discomfiting questions. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The nested Pythagorean solids also made no allowance for the existence of the Earth’s moon, and Galileo’s discovery of the four large moons of Jupiter was also discomfiting. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The waiter’s comment has discomfited him, making his attraction to Moushumi feel mildly illicit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A discomfited enemy may well have been a dead enemy. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He left the room, where I stood anxiously for some moments, discomfited by our interview, gazing at the ranks of empty seats. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z That was a mistake, of course, and she was discomfited and had no idea how to put him right. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z That discomfiting thought underlies Jordan Kantor’s latest solo, which takes a digital rake to Monet’s “Haystacks.” Art in Review: JORDAN KANTOR 2011-09-15T21:15:09Z With his shockingly blue eyes and discomfiting habit of making sympathetic remarks to Althea from inside his makeshift cell, he holds a Michael Fassbenderesque appeal. Review: ‘Lightless,’ About the Bratty Machine on a Spaceflight 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z For all its unpatriotic and anticlerical jibes, the movie is too expansively genial to be truly discomfiting. Still Charming at 50: Luis Buñuel’s Greatest Hit 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The discomfiting fact is that smallpox made resettlement by non-Natives much easier. North America’s forgotten plague 2013-05-04T18:00:00Z Under Marshall’s direction, some scenes don’t reveal themselves as charmingly or with the same discomfiting authenticity as on the screen, an indication of the challenge of bottling the film’s singular brand of observational comedy. Levinson, Crow take ‘Diner’ for a test-drive 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Only Door No. 3, though, offers a path to a discomfiting psychological thriller. Review \| Geling Yan’s twisty thriller ‘The Secret Talker’ begins with a creepy but alluring text 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson It's a passage that encapsulates much of what the book is about: a discomfiting mix of lust and loathing, Yiddish and fascism, and, most of all, the joking and not-joking. Guardian book club: Kalooki Nights by Howard Jacobson 2010-09-20T10:37:00Z A recurrent though explicable phenomenon in Birds and People is the way in which practising ornithologists and environmentalists seem discomfited when speaking of any emotional connection with birds. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z For her next step, she chooses music, and the show captures, with discomfiting intimacy, just how challenging that decision is, artistically and emotionally. TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough. 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Later, at a bar with Adam’s castmates, she awkwardly announces that she was fired, to the plain discomfit of everyone else, not that she noticed. ArtsBeat: ‘Girls’ Recap: Hannah’s Envy and Thwarted Ambition 2014-03-17T04:19:36Z “In the 1980s and 1990s, reading Dworkin became, for many, a discomfiting and exhilarating collegiate rite of passage,” reads a recent piece in the New York Times. Why Andrea Dworkin is the radical, visionary feminist we need in our terrible times 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z A beautifully written novel whose quietly discomfiting tone stays with you for a long while afterwards. Home Fires by Elizabeth Day – review 2013-03-14T17:00:01Z That offer discomfited me with revised anxieties: what would we do during the visit? The power of touch: when my son visited in lockdown, we couldn't hug. It was a reminder of the saddest truth 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Mr. LeFranc keeps his dialogue in the groove of everyday conversation, with its comforting, quirky repetitions and discomfiting holes. Review: ‘Rancho Viejo,’ Where Banality and Trouble Cohabitate 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z This unnerving authenticity is partly testament to Mr. Driver’s ability to tuck one performance inside another, but it also testifies to a stark and discomfiting truth. Review: In ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ Spike Lee Journeys Into White America’s Heart of Darkness 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z It dazzled, discomfited, enmeshed and then enraptured me. The best children's books: 8-12 year-olds 2010-05-12T07:00:00Z It began in 1980 with the discomfiting “Portrait of the Artist as a Shadow of His Former Self,” one of several paintings that feature a black man dressed in black and before a black background. Kerry James Marshall's paintings insist on black self-representation 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z She says the unrelenting theme of male dominance, unrealistic body standards and the overly performative scenes made watching adult content a discomfiting experience for her. What’s causing women to join the NoFap movement? 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Warhol also embraced camp as a personal style, performing a theatrical effeminacy that equated to a strategic queerness designed to discomfit those among his contemporaries who held him to be "too swish." LGBT+ history: The story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Monkey business: 'Most people would be discomfited to learn how detailed a reconstruction of their lives their mobile phone operator could produce if required.' NSA surveillance: don't underestimate the extraordinary power of metadata 2013-06-21T11:00:02Z And, despite his departure into unfamiliar and perhaps discomfiting territory, the audiences are still queuing round the block to see one of Edinburgh's favourite performers. Simon Callow leaves familiar territory behind in one-man Edinburgh show 2011-08-07T14:42:00Z If only it were all funneled into something less discomfiting. Review: ‘A.P. Bio’ Is Not Advanced in Timing or Taste 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z For her part, Julia is discomfited by the girl’s disabilities, her strange noises, her insistent need to touch and stroke faces, hair, fingers, eyes, fabric. Kimberly Elkins’s ‘What Is Visible,’ a novel about Laura Bridgman It is enormously appealing and discomfiting at the same time. Review \| This 16-century Spanish sculptor changed how his country looked at religious art 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Few experiences are as discomfiting as attending a lingerie trade show in an antique, pre-pandemic underwire bra, in need of something new and kind. Women are over the underwire bra 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Instead, this season explores more of her history, in textured and often discomfiting ways, especially as Abby’s self-loathing threatens to subsume all other aspects of her personality. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z She isn’t playing any kind of game at all, and that earnestness is discomfiting. Review \| Judy Chicago doesn’t have time for games. The planet is dying, and so are we. 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Israelis may be discomfited to find that the secular Jewish labour movement, the Bund, was more popular than the Zionist movement in the inter-war years. Shtetl of honour 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Musically, it's hardly unfamiliar – weeping Americana, backed with fuzzes of electric guitar and organ that slide in and out of focus, discomfiting and discombobulating – but expertly done. John Murry: The Graceless Age – review 2013-05-02T21:30:02Z The tenor saxophonist and flutist Anna Webber recently put out “Clockwise,” an album full of atonality and friction and discomfited momentum — not to mention, some of New York’s premier improvising musicians. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Trump is not the only one discomfited by the idea of Tubman on our currency. The Haunted Image of Harriet Tubman on the Twenty-Dollar Bill 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z In five months, the inquiry has already taken a wide-ranging and discomfiting look at press ethics and journalists' dealings with politicians and the police. James Murdoch says kept in dark over paper's illegal acts 2012-04-24T12:17:03Z And even Mr. Mac’s more discomfiting salvos are charged with sly purpose. Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,’ 1930s-1950s 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z On the other hand, maybe a deluge of discomfiting information is exactly what needs to be in museums right now, and what people like me need to see. A Deluge of Art at the Carnegie International 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Underlying all of this is an anxiety too discomfiting to be openly expressed: Are contemporary art museums, in fact, providing something of value to the public? Perspective \| This new museum doesn’t want Instagram or crowds. Does that make it elitist? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The real heartbreak in this wise, discomfiting novel turns out to be the love between mother and daughter — a daughter early damage has driven to exile in a hard place. A Young Wife Toys With Adultery 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z These stories eventuate a better kind of amusement — not indulgence, but the sometimes discomfiting pleasure of being dazzled. Mining the Madness of Pure Logic in Stories That Dazzle and Discomfit 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Rosso, a key figure in the Met Breuer’s inaugural show “Unfinished,” created discomfiting bronze and wax statues which dissolved the subjects’ faces into landscapes of crags and divots. A European Art Fair Freshens Up for Its First Spring on Park Avenue 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z The rise, use and abuse of the Taser form the discomfiting subject of Nick Berardini’s “Killing Them Safely,” but an equally formidable weapon also goes on display: words. Review: In ‘Killing Them Safely,’ a Debate on the Virtues of Tasers 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Yet while they’ve gotten less attention, perhaps because they derive from a more politically discomfiting source, the clothes we really should be paying attention to are on “Mrs. America.” Don’t Get Dressed Without Watching This Show 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z His movies are populated with malignant forces both living and dead, but some of their most effectively discomfiting moments aren’t the most ghoulish or gory. Review: In ‘Creepy,’ a Cold Case Turns Red Hot, but Don’t Tell the Neighbors 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Later that night, Derek learned about the word’s emergence on “Late Show,” which he found oddly discomfiting, given that he, too, has struggled with alcohol and drug abuse. Noticed: When Your Life Becomes a Verb 2011-03-04T19:11:40Z But among her British peers, Jackson was the first to emerge as the female equivalent of a discomfiting archetype that had been haunting her country’s imagination since the 1950s, the Angry Young Man. Glenda Jackson, an Unnervingly Energizing Presence at Every Age 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z More ominously, Hamar notices that Gladys Martin, the virtuous daughter of the master illusionist they discomfit, is extremely beautiful and would make a splendid plaything. Book World: ‘The Sorcery Club,’ by Elliott O’Donnell Bassani’s tales of a real and imagined Ferrara discomfited childhood friends and neighbors because they exposed insular attitudes and broke a taboo against delving into the fate of Italian Jewry under Fascism. A Writer’s “Tomb of Words,” and the People Who Took It Personally 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Eggers, of course, means to use his celebrity platform to give a leg up to a worthy unknown, which is commendable but faintly discomfiting. Review \| Dave Eggers tells the story of the most dangerous cup of coffee in the world 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z I’d agree, and add that it’s also one of his most terrifying, which they teased out by building on its harmonic ambiguity for a tension almost as discomfiting as the thought of death itself. One Night, Several String Quartet Premieres 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The army’s commander, Agamemnon, has indeed been commandeering prizes of war, reducing the fair share of others, as Thersites claims; he has also been collecting concubines, a topic Homer’s Thersites handles with discomfiting bluntness. Trump, Troilus, and Cressida 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Far away enough to sound remote and just close enough to be discomfiting, 2018 has recurred as a handy locus for this future-panic at the movies. Moon Nazis and sex in space: what can we learn from movies set in 2018? 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Now comes a more major—if, in its way, no less discomfiting—return to the limelight, in the form of an MTV reality-TV show called “Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club,” which premièred on Tuesday. The Precarious Spectacle of the Girl Boss in “Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club” 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z But how journalists get there can be discomfiting, he observed. Perspective \| How do you use an anonymous source? The mysteries of journalism everyone should know. 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Still, there’s no doubt that Brown set the table for such a discomfiting moment. At the Forum, a troubling image of Chris Brown 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z It’s obvious that the courtship and marriage discomfited Bloomsbury, but it’s also not entirely clear that Grant was “motivated more by sexual jealousy than paternal concern” when he warned Angelica about Garnett. Beholding Virginia Woolf Through the Women in Her Life 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z If Money Monster is basically a piece of entertainment, it’s also a discomfiting one, in the spirit of Dog Day Afternoon and Network—its edges are serrated, sharp enough to cut. Review: Why 'Money Monster' Will Make You Mad as Hell 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But then, abortion is a singularly discomfiting topic, not just among art institutions, but even among artists, a famously liberal bunch who overwhelmingly support legalized abortion. After Decades of Silence, Art About Abortion (Cautiously) Enters the Establishment 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z And in a discomfiting turn, the stock of Taser has shot up in the wake of the Baltimore riots. Amid Baltimore unrest, new film challenges a popular police weapon 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z They played New York nightclub Don Hill's the night before our interview, and made for a slightly discomfiting spectacle. Taylor Momsen: From Grinch to grunge 2010-12-08T21:30:00Z This was a memorable account, in which the antique resonances of the score's deceptively Arcadian soundworld were repeatedly corroded by Birtwistle's characteristically discomfiting dislocations. Harrison Birtwistle – review 2013-01-13T18:15:01Z The show should be discomfiting in the best sense of the word. Looking Ahead: Culture Picks for 2013 2012-12-27T23:05:33Z Your discomfiting film ends with the serving of comfort food. "The Menu" director on his film's crossover with "Succession," flavored by "corrosive" egos 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Was there something discomfiting, as well as incongruous, about turning an everyday street experience into a theater of expensive fashion? Chanel’s Supermarket Chic 2014-03-04T16:13:15Z Here the casualness of a lip-syncing performance becomes discomfiting: For a white creator, Black culture can be assumed and shrugged off with the ease of a costume change. How Lip-Syncing Got Real 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Wilson continues: “Yes, Charlie is tasteless and discomfiting. Have I somehow missed all the gentle, polite satire? That amiable, convenient satire that everybody likes.” Why I didn't sign the Charlie Hebdo protest letter 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z It’s discomfiting, but that’s the closest the show gets to that kind of offensive humor. Review: ‘The Brink’ Stars Tim Robbins as a Sex-Crazed Secretary of State 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Created in the 1960s and '70s, the black and white paintings â€” many of them self-portraits â€” are harsh and discomfiting, and helped establish Close as one of the preeminent artists of his generation. 'Chuck Close: Life': The Northwest native painter who brought the portrait back to modern art 2010-05-26T23:49:00Z "This is a modern-day Pygmalion with many of the same discomfiting themes," complains the Times' Kate Muir. You review: The Blind Side 2010-03-29T15:01:00Z That face-to-face confrontation is a reminder that the collection — radically democratic in its wide-open accessibility and its agglomeration of the high and low — has discomfited sticklers for regulation and orderliness from the outset. Hands Off the Library’s Picture Collection! 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z It’s discomfiting to see such casual appropriation of a tragic event for aesthetic purposes. Review: ‘The Art of Luv (Part 1),’ a Quest for the Perfect Erotic Recipe 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z If “The Audience” reassures ticket buyers with the portrait of a vigilant, conscientious regent, all but above reproach, the balanced portraiture of “The Originalist” is more discomfiting. Scalia and his audience 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Put any pair of human beings under a microscope, and strange mutations and strains come into discomfiting focus. Theater Review: ‘AdA,’ Plays by Neil LaBute and Marco Calvani at La MaMa 2012-10-05T22:24:29Z The Irish literary hero's novels and plays are not for everybody, dispensing as they do with logical, realistic storytelling while paring the human condition to discomfiting essences of loneliness, futility and decay. Brooke Adams learns the dirty truth of Beckett's 'Happy Days' 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z The Bible, then, is not only an irreducibly political text but one that is profoundly complex and intractable, with a discomfiting tendency to cut across our natural political categories. The political Bible, part 1: A foundation for British attitudes 2011-08-09T09:40:00Z As we feign surprise at police brutality and our Twitter outrage flits from Ferguson to Staten Island to Cleveland, this is just the discomfiting book we need. The most unsettling, must-read novel this year: ‘Welcome to Braggsville’ 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z But the show’s discomfiting premises often conceal personal sources of inspiration. In ‘Chad,’ Nasim Pedrad Embraces Her Inner Teen Boy 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s something new under the sun, a thrilling and discomfiting document of the present moment and also, like every movie that matters, a bulletin from the future. Cinema Is Dead? Telluride Says Not Yet 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z In the days leading up to the neck-and-neck Tuesday election, Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin has staked his campaign on protecting students from discomfiting books. Perspective \| In the Va. governor’s race, ‘Beloved’ is reduced to its most explicit parts. That’s obscene. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Unfolding on dark streets and in shadowy rooms, this gloomy, punishing debut from Michael Morrissey maintains a discomfiting intensity. \| 'Boy Wonder': Caleb Steinmeyer in ?Boy Wonder? ? Review 2011-10-21T01:18:32Z The first of four nightly programmes in which Anna Richardson takes her sex education roadshow around the schools of Britain in a bid to demystify the unspeakable act for a nation of discomfited teens. A Century of Fatherhood 2010-07-05T05:44:00Z “There are things about Christine we all can relate to; that’s discomfiting, because she decides to do something incredibly violent,” Ms. Hall said. When Rebecca Hall First Got This Script, She Hid It 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Yet it is a little discomfiting to see him playing a role he can abandon at any moment around those who don’t have the same luxury. Movie Review: ‘Who Is Dayani Cristal?’ Follows a Migrant’s Final Journey 2014-04-24T23:41:30Z The work, on that day, seemed to be taking its place in an operatic canon full of contradictory, discomfiting, occasionally offensive works that time and again nevertheless demonstrate their relevance and power. The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Most cinema audiences cherish reassurances; unpredictability can be discomfiting, especially the sexual sort. Deadpool: the pansexual superhero who has never had a non-heterosexual experience 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Many Christians today are discomfited by Augustine’s downbeat views on human nature. O come all ye faithful 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z It is a film that is blunt, direct and deliberately discomfiting. Mya Taylor is the face of this year’s most improbable Oscar campaign 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z One discomfiting reality he emphasizes is that having money and security hardly gets rid of the fear of dying. In ‘Vacationland,’ John Hodgman confronts surrealism of adult life 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z The conceit is sometimes discomfiting but stunningly original. ‘Prune’ cookbook: Gabrielle Hamilton speaks directly to her line cooks It’s a discomfiting feeling to always have to present yourself a certain way, especially when you know the type of person you are and the goals you’re setting for yourself. High School Students Explain Why They Protest Anthems and Pledges 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Anna Wood is Jamie Sawyer, a Yankee lawyer, moved South for reasons not quickly revealed but already making a discomfiting noise in the local justice system. Sex-thriller 'Reckless' fills in as harmless summer diversion 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z The author is discomfited by the stereotypically girlish memoirs of trans women, who thrill to become “the exact sort of girl I’d always thought of as false”. Daddy dearest 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Reading about all of these lions rubbing noses in the memoirs of their cubs can feel a bit discomfiting sometimes, like gleefully tearing into a goodie bag during an august memorial service. Literary Lions, by Their Cubs 2011-08-10T21:14:41Z Ford sent Ms. O’Hara florid love letters she found discomfiting and once punched her in the face for reasons she could never explain. Maureen O’Hara, smoldering Irish beauty of movie fame, dies at 95 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z That's the signature move on her Instagram Live show, where she confronts most guests with any number of discomfiting questions like, "How many Black friends do you have?" With Showtime's sunshiny and sharp "Ziwe," we have an iconic talk show host in the making 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z The spectacle of a commercial enterprise so immodestly celebrating itself is off-putting and intellectually discomfiting. Last Chance: The Pace Years: When One Gallery Is Not Enough 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z Emerging from an hour of television this expertly discomfiting feels like bursting free of a haunted house. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 8: A Shock to the System 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Lange endured a fractious relationship with Stryker, who seemed deeply discomfited by a strong-minded woman. Empathy and Artistry: Rediscovering Dorothea Lange 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z She grows up to become a discomfited housewife, he an ex-con with a heart of gold. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: Joss Whedon Fans Get a Surprise 2014-04-21T03:30:53Z But while the discomfiting qualities of 2019 may have called for something shapeless and relaxed, the sheer horror of 2020 demands an incredulous level of mythical escapism. The Strawberry Dress That Ate TikTok 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z The question became more than abstract this week when I faced a discomfiting truth. Perspective \| What defines a ‘must-see’ movie? And does ‘Infinity War’ make the cut? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Still, she knows how to assimilate—how to survive by adopting new, discomfiting customs. Ling Ma’s “Severance” Captures the Bleak, Fatalistic Mood of 2018 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z In some ways a spate of reality-TV shows come closer; there you will see a lurid, discomfiting, yet undeniably powerful take on the trip through abasement and redemption. Arts & Leisure: Wrestling With Recovery Is No Fairy Tale 2011-06-29T12:00:06Z To a country that dared to pretend it had long ago cleared the books on 250 years of theft, Coates presented a discomfiting audit. Review \| In Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ‘The Water Dancer,’ a slave makes a superhero’s journey 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Continuing a personal tradition, he devotes this track to the names of black people killed by law enforcement officers, whispering the roll call over lively strings and discomfited, irregular drumming. Ambrose Akinmusire’s Trumpet Takes a Back Seat to His Pen on ‘Origami Harvest’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Nudity in cinema this year ranged from empowering to discomfiting. The year's most powerful nudity in film 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Ms. Hathaway described herself as initially “discomfited” by the script, with its mixture of emotion and ribaldry — a sort of James L. Brooks for the Age of Apatow. Film: It?s the Relationships, Stupid 2010-11-20T19:13:00Z The photo-based composition melds sex and death in ways sophisticated and discomfiting. Marilyn Minter's 'Pretty/Dirty' show allures and repulses all at the same time 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Though one moment depicts the police murder of an unarmed black child with discomfiting flippancy, for the most part, this inspired idiocy comes as a tonic. South Park pandemic special: a biting and surprisingly affecting satire 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z But the discomfiting power of “Procession” comes from its ability to show and, to all appearances, facilitate them. ‘Procession’ Review: Art as Exorcism 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The incendiary results — consistently funny but ultimately discomfiting — probably won’t have you pestering your actor friends to repeat the experience. Theater Review: ‘We Are Proud to Present a Presentation,’ at Soho Rep 2012-11-16T23:47:40Z “A startling and hilarious, if discomfiting, compendium of published criticism about everyone from Beethoven to Copland,” Sondheim writes in “Look, I Made a Hat.” Decades in the Broadway biz, and still we want more of Stephen Sondheim Ms. Kull charts Virginia’s ambivalence and emotional confusion subtly and persuasively, the discomfiting terror of her visions leaving a residue of alarm and anxiety in her dark eyes. \| 'Sex Lives of Our Parents': That Worst Nightmare, This Time Even Worse 2011-06-23T02:01:25Z Gyllenhaal is best at creating a discomfiting mood in her psychological investigation of motherhood. Olivia Colman is magnificent in the mysterious "Lost Daughter," which hooks you and doesn't let go 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z But then so is envy, and of course that is what is really going on when I find myself discomfited by the fabulous lives of others. \| The Fabulous Lives of Others 2011-03-15T22:07:49Z It’s that familiarity, as much as their romantic spark, that discomfits Rachel. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 7: ‘You Need to Get Over Me’ 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z When she showed a slide with a photograph of Treasure at a 2015 talk, she told the discomfited audience, “You all can close your eyes, but I can’t.” The Re-Enchantment of Carolee Schneemann 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps that was what so discomfited the audience at the premiere: not that “A Quiet Place” was more “Wozzeck” than “West Side Story,” but that it saw no conflict in being both, simultaneously. ?A Quiet Place? Of Dysfunction And Dystopia 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z It’s hard to truly discomfit the audience when your play is so richly stocked in primetime-ready wisecracks. Theater Review: ‘Modern Terrorism,’ by Jon Kern, at the Second Stage Theater 2012-10-18T21:50:45Z “The American story is wild, uncapturable and discomfiting, and our fiction — our literature — is poised to challenge and deeply change us as it becomes ever more inclusive and ecocentric.” Author Joy Williams honored by Library of Congress 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Intimate and intense productions like these remind us, in ways both exciting and discomfiting, of that beautiful cardinal truth of theatergoing. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Up Close, Feeling Very Personal 2012-05-31T16:22:36Z The album describes, in often discomfiting detail, the wages of fame, juggling boasting and self-loathing in equal measure. R&B That Sweats, Emotionally and Physically 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Those left craving dismemberment and often discomfiting eruptions of graphic sex, now have something else to anticipate. Syfy’s “Spartacus” could be an even bloodier, sexier “Game of Thrones” 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Here again, there’s no one better for the job, as a public historian and the face of an institution that must, by definition, put forward unpleasant facts and discomfiting truths, than Lonnie Bunch. Perspective \| Lonnie Bunch isn’t afraid to address white supremacy. What else will that change for the Smithsonian? 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The play’s startle factor now lies in its discomfiting depictions of undisguised racism and homophobia. Review: In ‘A Taste of Honey,’ She’s Having the Baby. How Quaint. 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z I was so discomfited and uncertain that I didn’t know whether to be offended or not. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Watching High on Crack Street after seeing The Fighter is a fascinating, discomfiting experience, one that raises questions about how "reality" is reshaped into cinema fiction. High on Crack Street scores the hits despite The Fighter's fancy footwork 2011-02-02T15:24:32Z In the film, Mr. Rosi also chronicles the everyday lives of islanders largely unaffected by the crisis, a discomfiting microcosm of the epic indifference exhibited by the world at large. What Would You Say on the Oscar Stage? 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Who knows what would satisfy the currently discomfited. Why Miranda is not guilty of misogyny 2013-01-02T16:12:31Z Something discomfiting is going down in the land of comfort and comforters. Bed Bath and the great Beyond 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z To find yourself inwardly cheering the Ku Klux Klan, as Ben’s troops ride to the rescue, is a discomfiting experience but also a valuable one. ?Birth of a Nation,? Born Again for DVD 2011-11-27T05:03:04Z Yes – if you're alone in doing so, and if your statement discomfits powerful vested interests. Comedians get chance to fall flat on TV, and Eddie Izzard sets sights on politics 2013-02-05T16:36:20Z "Terms of Service" is a bleak, unsparing and discomfiting critique of a modern life built around Facebook and Twitter and Instagram. 'Terms of Service' a critique of modern life built on social media 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The story it told, which was inspired by real-life programs in which horses and people rehabilitate one another, justified its most discomfitting moments. It’s a critic’s job to be fair. But when animals are involved, it gets dicey. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z “Loyal” is especially discomfiting coming from Mr. Brown, a young singer with a troubled personal history, including his 2009 assault of Rihanna, then his girlfriend. Retro Rap That Puts Women Down 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Women who were watching knew that predators reserved their most discomfiting behavior for times when there were no witnesses. Anita Hill’s testimony compelled America to look closely at sexual harassment 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z But what’s more discomfiting than her privilege — and by extension the privilege of this film — is that she and the film fail to grapple with it. Recycling old film: Two Tribeca features — with “Girls” ties — do so to opposite effect 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z It's a discomfiting poem to remember on something so fast-moving – each small bright field whips by the window in a blur, even as I try to possess it and remain in it forever. How strong emotion summons poetry 2013-01-16T13:14:16Z Above Washington, fighter planes rocketed around, desperate to shoot something down but succeeding only in further discomfiting the nation's capital. Known and Unknown: A Memoir by Donald Rumsfeld ? review 2011-02-13T00:05:24Z Landers’ painting overlays urban and rural, public and private, discomfiting both the forest and its trees. Who am I? Provacative answers in 'Me, Myself, I' at China Art Objects 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Swinton conveys casual entitlement like someone to the manner born, which gives Marianne’s teasing exchanges with Harry an increasingly discomfiting quality. Review: ‘A Bigger Splash,’ With a Speechless Tilda Swinton, Is Ready for Its Close-Up 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z It’s this aspect of her novel — in which actual kidnapping victims and their families intersect with fictional victims — that some readers may find discomfiting. Review \| In her novel ‘When the Stars Go Dark,’ Paula McLain draws on abuse cases, including her own 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z For all its clichés, this furious and discomfiting film tugs on your conscience for days, making a powerful case to turn the American public’s attention back to a conflict it would rather forget. ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’ Review: Call of Duty 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z It’s discomfiting to witness this level of poverty. “The Wrong Light”: Sex, lies and the story of Mickey Choosetha 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z Aaron’s sores and failings, his emotional manipulation and suicide threats, are outlined to a discomfiting, microscopic degree. Review \| In ‘Everything I Have Is Yours,’ Eleanor Henderson’s turbulent marriage is an open book 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Expressing profound grief in public can be seen as discomfiting, even distasteful. This is how we will say goodbye to the rock-and-roll generation 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z One of the most discomfiting love stories to emerge from the American theater has returned to New York, 15 years after its debut, with its emotional power undiluted. Theater Review: ?How I Learned to Drive,? With Norbert Leo Butz 2012-02-14T03:01:00Z Like his name, the track is an enthusiastic but discomfiting homage that raises questions about appropriation and sincerity. Rich Chigga and the Difficulties of Keeping It Real 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Style will also discomfit us, since art's about both, being held and being flung open. Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks 2012-08-18T15:00:00Z Single and working class, Liz is reviled by the other mothers, who are both terrified she will steal their husbands and discomfited because she doesn’t fit their prescriptive mold of parenting. Bad moms: why messy motherhood is finally being accepted on screen 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z It’s especially discomfiting to watch an interviewee compare moshing to a “tribal war dance.” ‘Long Live Rock … Celebrate the Chaos’ Review: An Ode to Metal 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z The result is both thought-provoking and readable, though Willis Aronowitz's frankness has provoked a lot of discomfited responses. Can women be saved from bad sex? "Finding your desires is a conscious process," says author 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z It is discomfiting to stand in front of a man whose face is distorted by rage and know that one’s own face must look much the same. The search for my inner ‘hero’: a modern masculinity retreat 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z Far from not caring what his reader thinks, Charlie has the discomfiting, not quite plausible voice of a narrator who is trying very hard to persuade his reader of something. The Gamal by Ciarán Collins – review 2013-04-27T10:00:01Z It’s equally discomfiting for reasons beyond Frank’s deteriorating condition: the scene offers a mirror to our own dependency on technology. In ‘Robot & Frank,’ Technology of the Not-So-Distant Future on Display 2012-08-12T02:53:01Z Smith’s single-minded dedication to a fairly mirthless bohemianism is both notable and discomfiting; the reader, almost inevitably, falls short of Smith’s own moral measure. The Theology of Patti Smith 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Although no less chilling, it’s also deadly earnest, full of discomfiting nuance. A Young Soldier’s Moral Compromise 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z Pleasure in text transforms to pleasure in the reader’s mind, and that’s empowering, though often equally discomfiting. Review \| The publisher of ‘Adèle’ asked me to endorse the book. I could not. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z The prospect of spending a recent sweltering evening in the company of Danny Aiello, who is starring in the title role of “The Shoemaker,” was discomfiting. \| 'The Shoemaker': A Life Stitched Together by 9/11 and the Holocaust 2011-07-26T21:30:38Z That's the kind of discomfiting risk taking a show like this needs. Gothic feel but murky focus for Mammals' 'Dream Journal' 2011-03-08T17:11:00Z It was discomfiting to be in such close proximity with strangers, and knowing that their lamentations were a performance did not decrease the anxiety provoked by outbursts of raw emotion. Taryn Simon’s Varieties of Mourning 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Dense with resonant metaphors and alive with discomfiting ideas, “The Mirror and the Light” provides a fittingly Shakespearean resolution to Mantel’s magisterial work. Review \| ‘The Mirror and the Light’ is a masterful finale to Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell trilogy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The idea is a little discomfiting to conventional understandings of moral autonomy and personal responsibility. On Choosing Trump and Being Bad 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z But this provocative, discomfiting film, is not to be missed. Michel Franco's dystopian drama "New Order" is an electrifying cattle prod to the nether regions 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z For more than two decades, writer/director Todd Solondz has been making audiences squirm with films designed to be discomfiting. Todd Solondz’s comedy of despair: “I am always trying to navigate a line that is not too far, and not too soft” 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z I learned you don't shrink back from the fact that people are going to be discomfited by who you are or what you say, and to be prepared to explain why and what you are. Stacey Abrams: Being a black woman in politics isn’t ‘some fatal diagnosis’ 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z On the other: the global entertainer with hits in six decades and a penchant for sentimental pop and discomfiting tunes like “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South.” Louis Armstrong’s Last Laugh 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Whereas the two young men at the left of the frame look, to my eye, angry and discomfited, Nsala looks steady, dignified, resolute. The Long, Vital History of Bystander Recordings 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z But if Mr. Torn’s performance is meant to discomfit us in the same way Swan’s performances discomfited them, I’m not sure the equivalence is a justification. Review: ‘Paul Swan Is Dead and Gone,’ but First, He’s Dévastaté 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Even without the immediate, discomfiting resonance of the Weinstein scandal, Three Billboards plays as a raging film for the Trump era, another dire social context for which it wasn’t even originally conceived. How female vengeance powers Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The most discomfiting entries are Joel D’Orazio’s chairs, all in black and bristling with zip ties or studded with digital splitters. Review \| In the galleries: Breaching the border between art and furniture 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z But it also exemplified the singular weirdness of Washington friendships that, at their most improbable, can demand a discomfiting blend of open-mindedness, compartmentalization, cognitive dissonance and, sometimes, outright denial. Perspective \| Only in Washington: The CIA lawyer, the film critic and the obscure 1950s movie that forged their unlikely bond 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z But Ms. Bartosik, in her honest, rigorous commitment to twos, wrests strange, raw, discomfiting dynamics from a deceptively simple structure. Dance Review: Kimberly Bartosik Plays With Couples in New Work 2014-02-28T00:28:05Z Suddenly comics were in the discomfiting position of needing to relate to audiences outside the more hostile, and familiar, setting of a particular night in front of a particular crowd. Riff: Stand-Up Comedy Without the Stand-Up. Or the Comedy. 2012-02-03T22:00:07Z The show went stoically on after several discomfiting moments, as befits both ballet and the military, with Gwyneth Muller replacing her in the final section. Dance Review: No Mozart, but Plenty of Whimsy 2010-10-01T22:59:00Z Based on the evidence, Berlin audiences have a large appetite for her brash, energetic and exuberantly discomfiting work, with its unflinching and unsentimental look at women’s bodies and desires. A Splashy, Messy All-Naked Revue 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Like Rich Chigga’s stage name, the song “Dat $tick” is an enthusiastic but discomfiting homage that raises questions about appropriation and sincerity. Weekly Culture Review: Bill Cosby on Trial, Hasan Minhaj’s “New Brown America,” and More 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z I disliked being in London – it was discomfiting. Tony Penrose 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z But when we push ourselves into challenging or discomfiting situations, much like trainers who push athletes just past their comfort zone to make gains, learning often happens. Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrive 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Before June of this year, he had not come out to his parents as gay, and worried the accusations might discomfit his family. A Netflix hit, a Facebook flood and an overdue reckoning: How Taiwan’s #MeToo finally took off 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z He had not yet come out to his parents as gay, and worried such accusations might discomfit his family. Five years, a Netflix hit and a flood of Facebook posts: How Taiwan’s #MeToo finally took off 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Not exactly comfort food, given how much of what happens is discomfiting, but deeply satisfying. 'Justified: City Primeval' review: Timothy Olyphant makes a satisfying return as Raylan Givens 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z All this gives “Master Gardener” a discomfiting patina of timeliness — a topical reach that Schrader, thoughtful and methodical as he is, nonetheless struggles to wrest under control as he draws Narvel and Maya closer together. Review: In Paul Schrader’s disappointing ‘Master Gardener,’ a violent racist turns over a new leaf 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z DeSantis depicts this process as protecting pupils and students from discomfiting discussions. Column: A glimpse into the dystopian abyss of President DeSantis' America 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Some analysts say Ukraine's military is talking up the idea of a counter-offensive to discomfit their Russian counterparts. No Ukraine offensive without more weapons – Zelensky 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z The naked human form has discomfited American politicians into the 21st century. Perspective \| In the 1890s there was a naked struggle over a White House painting 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z That starts by being honest with ourselves about some discomfiting contradictions in the status quo. The case to let children vote: Why law professor Adam Benforado calls for a “minor revolution" 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z Finally, there’s the discomfiting fact that American life expectancy has not been rising inexorably. Column: The stupid and dishonest idea of raising the Social Security retirement age is back 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z When no actual matches are found, the result is a discomfiting sense of having seen it all before, accompanied by the knowledge that you haven’t. What Causes Déjà Vu? 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The spectacle of Biden’s Justice Department prosecuting his predecessor would discomfit many who don’t love Trump. Biden's documents misstep helps Trump politically — and legally too 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Greece has repeatedly accused Turkey of weaponizing the plight of migrants by encouraging them to cross the border to discomfit Greece and the rest of the EU - effectively cooperating with traffickers. Greece expanding border wall, calls for EU help on migration 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Greece has repeatedly accused Turkey of weaponizing the plight of migrants by encouraging them to cross the border to discomfit Greece and the rest of the EU — effectively cooperating with traffickers. Greece expanding border wall, calls for EU help on migration 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Then there is the discomfiting reality that crypto streamlines life for criminals — human traffickers, drug dealers, ransomware extractors, mobsters and the government of North Korea, which employs hackers who steal crypto all day, every day. Crypto Meltdown, What Crypto Meltdown? 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Celia justifies this by telling herself that they must protect Jack, doing her best to suppress discomfiting memories of her son’s unsettled inner life. Review \| ‘Locust Lane’ is as perceptive as it is compulsively readable 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z His offhand tweets about the war in Ukraine have especially discomfited his father, according to two people familiar with those discussions. ‘A Wild Card’: Son of Uganda’s President Jostles to Succeed His Father 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Being held up as a role model can be discomfiting. How 'Gender Queer: A Memoir' became America's most banned book 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z In an email to The Washington Times, an Amherst spokesperson cited the university’s statement on academic and expressive freedom, which pledges to respect “unpopular, controversial, discomfiting” ideas. 88% of four-year colleges restrict students’ free expression, reversing trend 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Head-down tilt bed rest is science’s best simulation of space travel, and its most discomfiting. To counter the effect of sitting too much, try the astronaut workout 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z But the joylessness of Diamond’s personality, as detailed by the musical’s book writer, Anthony McCracken, exists in a discomfiting, static counterpoint to the dynamism of his music. Review \| On Broadway, Neil Diamond seems a drag and ‘KPOP’ needs a rethink 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z For American Jewry, the debate since the dinner has brought into focus what may be the most discomfiting moment in U.S. history in a half-century or more. For Trump’s Jewish Allies, His Dinner With Antisemites Is a Breaking Point 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Holding two contradictory ideas in mind simultaneously — the pandemic is over, we still have a problem with Covid — is intensely discomfiting, psychologists say. As the Pandemic Drags On, Americans Struggle for New Balance 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The action won popular coverage on Chinese social media, though it may have discomfited his hosts with their more aloof style of leadership. As Biden and Xi meet, can their old connection avert a clash? 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Some adjustments are needed, though, in a plot with discomfiting optics: When, for instance, the dim townfolk turn on Christopher, a mob shows up with a rope. Review \| 2 D.C. plays put wit and warmth on the map, from Ireland to Israel 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z It could stand as an epitaph for this discomfiting book — and the unfinished history of this discomfiting age. Review \| Journalists are failing our fragile democracy, a media insider says 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z He told Marcella with “discomfiting” directness, she recalled in her 2008 memoir, that “he wanted to write, and he wanted to live in Italy.” Marcella Hazan’s Italian cooking legacy endures under husband’s care 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z The Capitol violence still resonates in subtle but discomfiting ways, invoking strong opinions from voters. In one swing California suburb, Jan. 6 is minor subplot as voters focus on pocketbooks 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z But it also inevitably evokes an image long held, that our functions are somehow overwhelming and discomfiting, that they are somehow rendered more wholesome in the hues of laundry detergent and toilet bowl cleanser. Why are our lady fluids so often depicted as blue? 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z But hours later, the authorities released a discomfiting statement to a province on edge: Canada Stabbing Suspect Remains at Large After Police Manhunt at Reserve 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The impression left by the exchange discomfited the Disney company, which had built its reputation on lovable dwarfs, among other animated characters, and on the kindly and paternal studio heads it presented on television. Bert Fields, Lawyer to the Hollywood Elite, Dies at 93 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z “The Last White Man” is a discomfiting little book, which I suspect resists what some readers would like it to be. Review \| What if White people woke up with dark skin? Mohsin Hamid’s novel wonders. 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The image, which shows MBS shaking hands with the visibly discomfited Salah, is chilling. Opinion \| Biden’s fist bump with MBS was a crass betrayal 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Silence is discomfiting for a lot of people, so they start trying to fill that space with sound. A mariachi space opera meets gender-bending Chicano punk in an ambitious sound art show 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Like a lot of revenge stories, the spare, discomfiting Argentine thriller “The Silent Party” challenges audience’s expectations, pushing them to question their own bloodlust. Review: In 'She Will,' an aging movie star seeks vengeance, and more movies for the weekend 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The company’s trajectory is unlikely to change as long as uncertainty over the deal discomfits advertisers, the main source of Twitter’s revenue. Musk’s Damaged Goods 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z That trajectory is unlikely to change as uncertainty over the deal discomfits advertisers, the main source of Twitter’s revenue. How Elon Musk Damaged Twitter and Left It Worse Off 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z That’s not at all a common response to seeing Tom Hanks onscreen, but then, was this really Hanks, so familiar in countenance and yet so discomfiting in effect? Tom Hanks strikes out in 'Elvis.' It's the rare misstep that illuminates a great career 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z He started out as a Washington Post editorial writer, but the inherent anonymity of the job discomfited him. Mark Shields, TV Pundit Known for His Sharp Wit, Dies at 85 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z With “Crimes of the Future,” Cronenberg returns to territory he’s visited before, that discomfiting no man’s land between science fiction, body horror, social commentary, and good ol’ sex and death. Review \| ‘Crimes of the Future’ is meant to shock. Instead, it’s just tedious. 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Seemingly out of an unwillingness to discomfit the private sector, industrial production lines that could have been converted to "wartime" use continued to produce the same old consumer products. America needs baby formula now: It's time for Biden to send in the Army 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Malik shattered stumps with yorkers at high pace, discomfiting batters with short balls that they could barely react to, and pounding a length that kept them on their toes. Umran Malik: The 90mph speed merchant who's lighting up the IPL 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Mitchell, now promoted to a high-level position running “analytics” across Fox, began sitting in on story meetings to vet topics and guests, a role that discomfited some reporters and producers. How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News — and Became Trump’s Heir 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z The discomfit of his rivals has been a political gift to Macron. France's Macron wins preelection plaudits for Russia diplomacy, but is Putin playing him? 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z But it is discomfiting that U.S. cultural institutions, with their proud traditions of free and diverse speech, would think it right to compel statements by leading artists and athletes. Opinion \| Let’s think about the Russians we are canceling. Not all deserve it. 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z This movie is uncompromisingly discomfiting, meant to remind people of all those drunken nights where they overreacted to every well-intentioned joke, and woke up choking on the stench of burned bridges. Review: The dark British comedy 'All My Friends Hate Me' is designed to make you squirm 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z It felt discomfiting, like I might be mistaken for a shoplifter. Here comes the full Amazon-ification of Whole Foods 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, a Moscow city court is expected to decide whether to close Memorial’s Human Rights Center, which has discomfited the Kremlin by defending victims of rights abuses. Opinion \| Putin wants to shut down Russia’s Memorial, but he can’t erase the past 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The camera lingers for a discomfiting few seconds while the three of them silently fall apart together. Inside the 'element of geometry' that made this 'Succession' scene a work of art 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z A strange and discomfiting phenomenon has infiltrated Kansas City Chiefs games this season: Their quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, has been throwing the football to players not on his team. Why Has Patrick Mahomes Thrown So Many Interceptions? 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z However diplomatically discomfiting, there is precedent for an ambassador without an official residence. In Israel, the New U.S. Ambassador’s Home Lacks a Certain View 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Even those of us who would never consider destroying private property are discomfited by a world in which so much is shifting — including us. Perspective \| A stolen BLM banner, its White defender and giving thanks 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Even though he has found a welcoming church in the archdiocese of Chicago, he remains discomfited by the situation. US Catholic bishops may dodge rebuke of Biden over abortion 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z The traditionally feminine associations of a vessel are slyly discomfited by dense tangles of handles, Medusa-like in their clusters of writhing, snake-like forms. Review: Ex-President Trump claims to be a witch hunt target. These feminist artists beg to differ 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z This work — documenting Stalin’s horrific misdeeds and protecting against them now — discomfits Mr. Putin. Opinion \| Do not forget these courageous fighters in Russia 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Sanders has suggested sending vouchers to Medicare beneficiaries so they can quickly take advantage of their new benefits — a strategy that has discomfited some Democrats who panned a similar plan from former president Donald Trump. A once-in-a-decade chance to overhaul health care gets personal for Democrats and advocates 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Even so, the roots of “La Strada,” which gave new meaning to the concept of road show, along with an unforgettable Nino Rota score, haunt Mark Grey’s new discomfiting and riveting two-person opera. Review: Opera in a Santa Monica shipping container? 'Birds in the Moon' makes it magical 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The giant expressionless faces gaze back at viewers with vaguely discomfiting inscrutability. Chuck Close, artist of outsized reality, dies at 81 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The Olympics — even these troubled Games, so muted and discomfiting that on television that they seem wrapped in cellophane — are a far bigger deal than the French Open. Simone Biles and the Power of ‘No’ 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The cacophony of voices would, of course, be discomfiting, but debate was essential to a healthy democracy. Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s Partnership Did Not Survive Trump 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z My experience as a historian of mass killing tells me that everything worth knowing is discomfiting; my experience as a teacher tells me that the process is worth it. The War on History Is a War on Democracy 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z He could be — personally and in his art — lovable and discomfiting. He died homeless and forgotten. Now gay Black composer Julius Eastman finally gets his due 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z There is also evidence that Mr. Biden recognizes that his aggressive language about China — as the great adversary in a fateful struggle between democracies and autocracies — is discomfiting to many Europeans. Biden Tries to Rally G7 Nations to Counter China’s Influence 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z But Stemberger’s case shines a discomfiting light on a little-known program run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement known as Operation Cocoon, which is devised to disrupt international drug trafficking rings. ICE Meant to Capture Drug Lords. Did It Snare Duped Seniors? 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Once again, the series’ hallmark is as much a vibe as anything: tightly controlled emotions, stylish locations, discomfiting sensuality. The pandemic made our sex lives more digital. Inside the TV show that predicted it 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Larry Schwartz, a former senior aide who is helping to oversee state vaccination efforts, discomfited some county executives — all of whom were eager to secure vaccine supply — by inquiring about their loyalty to the boss. Andrew Cuomo’s White-Knuckle Ride 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z It might discomfit the president and secretary of state to be told that their excellent first steps in foreign policy are reminiscent of Ronald Reagan’s 40 years ago, so instead let’s call them Trumanesque. Opinion \| Biden’s Trumanesque foreign policy 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z This discomfited Graham not at all, and in 2028, Olympic visitors will see them again. What L.A. public art should you look for as you get out and about more? 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Anxious and isolated, they became even more discomfited by the masked and unrecognizable doctors and nurses rushing around them. How Rhode Island Fell to the Coronavirus 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z His entire defense hinges on his claim that he didn’t realize, he never imagined, that Bennett might be discomfited by his behavior. Opinion \| ‘I didn’t realize’ may be Cuomo’s best defense, but it’s a weak and offensive one 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Ms. Ruch said that touch, on her bare skin, discomfited her. Cuomo Accused of Unwanted Advance at a Wedding: ‘Can I Kiss You?’ 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z They held tickets to the day session Friday but Dunlop was discomfited by television reports that a lockdown — or “the dreaded L-word,” as she called it — was imminent. Goodbye to Fans at the Australian Open 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z And the spectacle of nonviolent suffering in a just cause had the potential to discomfit witnesses and render violent and intimidating reprisals less effective. The Power of Social Justice Movements 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z Several employees at the universities, including a few who unknowingly accepted the vaccine out of line, were also discomfited by what they saw as an inequitable and unfair process. At Elite Medical Centers, Even Workers Who Don’t Qualify Are Vaccinated 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z While the growing GOP chorus to challenge Biden’s victory may ease the burden on Pence to lead the charge for Trump, it increases the likelihood of a volatile, discomfiting debate. Growing number of Trump loyalists in the Senate vow to challenge Biden’s victory 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z But he said the incident left him discomfited. The inside story of how Trump’s denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic’s dark winter 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z Different interpretations of a fossil do not negate the discomfiting evidence for the antiquity of human ancestors. The Denialist Playbook 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z He is also “TV ill,” which is to say, not incapacitated or even discomfited; his illness is, practically speaking, an idea, a motivation. 'B Positive' is one of fall TV's few new shows. It has an uphill battle ahead 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z As a fervent Black Lives Matter supporter, she said she was discomfited by the “Trump 2020” and “We back the badge” signs that dot many yards. Residents Feared Low-Income Housing Would Ruin Their Suburb. It Didn’t. 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Efforts by Trump to discomfit Biden through an overly aggressive first presidential debate performance in September backfired, prompting widespread criticism of his interruptions. Joe Biden: from a campaign that came close to folding to the verge of victory 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z I saw my mother’s response in the mirror – her taut discomfited smile, the combination of dread and sangfroid in her expression, like she’d taken a sip of spoiled milk. I had the best body I've ever had – so why did I feel so much shame? 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z The initial impulse was to hope that this discomfiting moment would pass on its own. Perspective \| As a doctor, I must act when coronavirus politics threaten to harm my patients 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z She raised a cry certain to discomfit partisans. Joe Biden is counting on Nevada. Has the COVID-19 pandemic hurt his chances? 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z Sunday at the Pullman might have been serene, but Britain’s top-ranked player, Dan Evans, was discomfited by what he observed the day before in one of the busier sections of the city. A Hotel Shows the French Open Is Another Sports Bubble That Isn’t 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z That record has both discomfited advocates of criminal justice reform and other progressives in Mr. Biden’s party, and made it more difficult for Mr. Trump to paint his opponent as an enemy of law enforcement. Biden, in Kenosha, Makes Case for Healing and Unity, Not Division 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z There have been some really public and discomfiting U-turns elsewhere in the UK too. Why have there been so many U-turns? 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z There is something discomfiting about the idea of getting fantastically rich off someone else’s misfortune, which is what happens when a “short” trade — or bet against a stock or industry — succeeds. ‘The Big Short 2.0’: How Hedge Funds Profited Off the Pain of Malls 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z And yet there is something strange and discomfiting about the performance, having as much to do with what is said and emphasized as what is left implicit. We Need to Stop Measuring Black Lives by Their Whiteness 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Our point in sharing some discomfiting facts was that there are not simple or easy answers here. Train wreck Georgia primary raises fears for fall 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z It’s about so much more than astronomy, he wrote; it’s a window into humans’ investment in established fictions over discomfiting truths. Opinion \| The End of College as We Knew It? 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z He was also an unfettered champion of the automobile, and he built parkways and highways throughout the region, displacing poor families and discomfiting wealthy Long Island landowners. Lights. Camera. Makeup. And a Carefully Placed 1,246-Page Book. 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The geneticists’ research forces conservationists to confront, in a new and sometimes discomfiting way, the prospect that repairing the natural world does not necessarily mean returning to an unblemished Eden. Can Genetic Engineering Bring Back the American Chestnut? 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Similarly, it is discomfiting to realize that Broca’s area, linked to language processing, is named for the French physician Paul Broca, who believed in a hierarchy of peoples. Neuroscience needs some new ideas 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most discomfiting issue for progressives to face is the role of migration in Mr. Trump’s rise. The Open Borders Trap 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z This may be discomfiting to hear; the notion might even strike some people as offensive. Opinion \| Why Did the Coronavirus Outbreak Start in China? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Powell’s star power with the American public discomfitted colleagues and conservative activists outside government. Review \| Dick Cheney and Colin Powell: A contentious friendship and a world-defining debate 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Like Americans disputing about Confederate statues and other discomfiting reminders of things past, Spaniards are in the difficult process of striking a delicate balance between necessary remembering and judicious forgetting. Opinion \| Spain faces an ongoing grapple with the politics of memory 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z We find this reality especially discomfiting now that the occupant of the White House is an impulsive political neophyte, exuding contempt for legal and political constraints. Opinion \| The House’s resolution should be just the start of Congress reasserting its war powers 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s threats generated condemnation at home and abroad while deeply discomfiting American military leaders who have made a career of upholding the laws of war. Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z But in these packages, and in live broadcasts, the editing is meticulous, omitting anything that might discomfit the N.F.L.’s brass and team owners. Who’s Better at Image Management: Colin Kaepernick or the N.F.L.? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z This image is placed in tension with an emerald green 18th-century-style backdrop, swagged to bursting with damask fruit that lends a gorgeousness, and an imprimatur of mainstream probity, to the otherwise discomfiting scene. How Today’s Queer Artists Are Revising History 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The outreach may not expand the president’s meager support among African-Americans, but it appeared aimed at reassuring suburban white voters discomfited by his use of racist tropes and incendiary language. Trump Reaches Out to Black Voters 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z They are all still playing small rooms, where eye contact is unavoidable, and there is something uniquely discomfiting about being singled out from a crowd to be spoken at by someone on a stage. All talk: why 2019's best bands speak instead of sing 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z The 2012 documentary film Beware of Mr Baker is a profoundly discomfiting watch. Ginger Baker: a master and monster who split rock music apart 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Calls for “civility” are employed to stave off political discussions likely to prove extremely discomfiting for one side. Column: Justice Gorsuch's call for 'civility' is a hypocritical defense of privilege 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z But that doesn't make it any less discomfiting. Barack Obama was an awesome president — and Democrats shouldn't forget that 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z In a country founded on the premise of immigration, such mendacious pearl-clutching is deeply discomfiting. A world of walls: the brutish power of man-made barriers 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z It’s true that many donors — in fact, ordinary citizens — may be unaware of and discomfited by how public their political activities happen to be. Column: Shaming Trump donors by revealing they donated to Trump? What's wrong with that? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z What the Netflix show finds there is a nostalgic and often discomfiting reflection of our own socioeconomic moment. Newsletter: Today: Trump’s Envoy of Discord in Israel 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Book and Fine, who sponsored the legislation with others, posed a discomfiting question to the school district in the statement they issued Monday: Florida editorial roundup 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z MIT scientists tell Nature about discomfiting experiences with government officials in recent months — and say they are changing their behaviour in response. Daily briefing: UK university will ban lectures 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z A setting of “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” titled “Falstaff,” proved a success, and still gives delight today, but “Il Mondo Alla Rovescia,” the comedy of inverted gender roles, discomfited the Viennese public. Antonio Salieri’s Revenge 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z For those of us accustomed to thinking of the United States as a unified economy, best regulated as uniformly as possible from sea to shining sea, these facts discomfit. Opinion \| We don’t need a one-size-fits-all federal minimum wage 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Bugs don’t bother me, though I was a little discomfited by the dozens of crimson mites ambling over my car’s windshield. Perspective \| Noticed an invasion of blue jays? You’re not alone. We’re in a bird bonanza. 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z In this lively, equal parts funny and discomfiting film, she follows a group of self-identified Satan-worshipers to interrogate their beliefs and practices. Review \| The documentary ‘Hail Satan?’ is a cheeky, provocative look at the Satanic Temple 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Yet from the beginning, Simkins said, it was clear that some of the building’s older residents were discomfited by the new basement dwellers. District of Columbia houses homeless people in upscale apartments. It hasn’t gone as planned. 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Now and then, judges issued rulings that discomfited him. Egypt’s Soap Opera Clampdown Extends el-Sisi’s Iron Grip to TV 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Usually a captivating and fiery orator, the prime minister looked discomfited during his speech of just over 40 minutes. #GoBackModi: India's PM struggles for the South 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z Then again, none of that justifies discomfiting you with verbal swipes when you don’t join in the banter. What to do when sexual tension at work — real or imagined — is disruptive 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z And Gay, the photographer, holds a discomfiting sort of sympathy for Bundy, whom he saw as a subject first and foremost. Ted Bundy’s ghost still haunts the Northwest 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z At the outset Lipstadt expresses her hope that both sides of the political divide will be discomfited by her analysis and conclusions, and they probably will. Holocaust scholar surveys rising tide of anti-Semitism 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Our current predicament is a mirror of these swirling and discomfiting tendencies. How Progressive Era radical Thorstein Veblen helps explain Donald Trump 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z They suggested that Carlson was open to a thoughtful discussion of the economic and political flaws in American society, even if such a discussion discomfited conservatives weaned on the ideas of Ronald Reagan. Salon Interview: Tucker Carlson bashes capitalism, says he might vote for Elizabeth Warren 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Often he'll use the conference room as a stage set, setting up posters and bookshelves to visually reinforce what he plans to say—and to discomfit opposing attorneys. Expert witness David Egilman wins billions—and makes enemies—as he fights companies over public health 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z What Charlotte shouldn’t do is panic, no matter how discomfiting a headline may be. North Carolina editorial roundup 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Everything painful, sad, discomfiting, true — Smith writes about it so beautifully that you no longer want look away. Poet Danez Smith talks identity, safe spaces and a ‘lush’ new day for poetry 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Ms. Wolf was not the first comic to cause a ruckus; Stephen Colbert’s 2006 appearance so discomfited the tuxedoed audience that Rich Little, an inoffensive impressionist, was invited the following year. No More Laughs as White House Correspondents’ Dinner Turns to a Historian 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z The failure to have more extensive proceeding has discomfited some observers, but others point to the tribunal's accomplishments. Last Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of genocide, get life terms 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z It is not proselytising or alarmist to tell us the raw truth about what is happening to the world, however much it might discomfit us. David Attenborough has betrayed the living world he loves \| George Monbiot 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z They sit calmly on the subway tracks, ignoring discomfited commuters on the platform. Cats v. Rats? In New York, the Rats Win 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z He added that Colangelo’s direction “balances the story’s myriad conflicting tensions with admirable lucidity. That’s another way of saying that she keeps the camera steadily trained on Gyllenhaal, whose brilliantly discomfiting performance anchors every scene.” Indie Focus: Holding together in 'Bad Times at the El Royale,' 'Beautiful Boy' and 'The Kindergarten Teacher' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z That’s another way of saying that she keeps the camera steadily trained on Gyllenhaal, whose brilliantly discomfiting performance anchors every scene. Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal brings a fierce, layered intensity to 'The Kindergarten Teacher' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Whatever it meant in the past, and however it discomfits the present, the Aeneid has, alas, always anticipated the future. Is the Aeneid a Celebration of Empire—or a Critique? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Hernández’s best drawings are similarly sensuous and discomfiting, but the compelling visual dialect is distinctly feminist. Review: The ghosts of Mexico's missing women animate Judithe Hernández’s brooding debut at the Museum of Latin American Art 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Not a few white people were discomfited by it, too; their sense of justice was offended by it – they didn’t want whiteness to mean that. Can we choose our own identity? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Yakin uses genre packaging for an intense, personal film, which many viewers may find discomfiting — if only because it’s so hard to classify. Review: Boaz Yakin's ‘Boarding School’ is a complex psychodrama disguised as gothic horror 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z In both articles, he raised a discomfiting question for a party that presents itself as integral to China’s future: Why was no one talking about the economic burden of the party? Opinion \| A professor dared tell the truth in China — and was fired 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z So it was discomfiting to discover Molly standing beside her one day, holding two paper cups. “Ways and Means” 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z “Little Panic” grips and discomfits in the best way. Will women’s pain ever be taken seriously? A conversation with Amanda Stern about “Little Pan... 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z While the practical impact may be small, just being named on a U.S. blacklist is bound to discomfit the officers. Opinion \| The U.S. opts for silence in the face of atrocity 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The brain, discomfited by the related but dissonant signals being sent through the optic nerve, handily knits the discordant ocular inputs together. Review: With 'Double Vision' at LACMA, 3-D art strives to find a new dimension 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z She had never taken to her parents’ Christian faith — she started questioning it around age 7 — but she was discomfited by how Christians were summarily disparaged on campus and how easily she joined in. Young Jean Lee’s Unsafe Spaces 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z She told investigators that she was shocked and discomfited by Ayala’s focus and comments on her appearance. Here’s the sexual harassment report that felled a famed geneticist—and his defense 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z I recall these steps as feeling both discomfiting and inevitable, as if someone else was moving my feet. ‘We believed we could remake ourselves any way we liked’: how the 1990s shaped #MeToo 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Now, the Capital Gazette, descendant of the seventh newspaper to be created in colonial America, in 1727, had to cover news about itself, always a difficult and discomfiting task. After newsroom shootings, a quick collapse into blame and division 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Casual encounters with strange men are discomfiting to many Saudi women. Saudi Women Can Drive, but Here’s the Real Roadblock 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Presumably, Tunisians are as discomfited by insects to the same degree as English people are. The Bugs of Volgograd: England-Tunisia Match Attracts Pests 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z I’m thrilled by the finished result, if a bit discomfited. Perspective \| An unnerving Father’s Day gift has left me pondering portraiture — and the soul 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Disconcerting means "disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting." Lullaby written for school shooting drills 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z But she also claimed to have a close relationship with the president, which discomfited those already uneasy about her record. Gina Haspel, Trump’s pick to lead CIA, wins support of Senate Intelligence Committee 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Roast-style humor is an odd fit for protocol-oriented Washington, and some comedians praised Ms. Wolf for discomfiting the audience of elite journalists and administration officials. Michelle Wolf’s Routine Sets Off a Furor at an Annual Washington Dinner 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z In his review for The Times, Justin Chang called the film “a brilliantly discomfiting portrait of European colonialism and its discontents.” Indie Focus: Summer sneaks plus 'Zama,' 'Disobedience,' and 'Duck Butter' 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z In "Zama," a brilliantly discomfiting portrait of European colonialism and its discontents, every sound and image tells the same sickening story. Lucrecia Martel's 'Zama' is a feverishly brilliant tale of European colonialism and its discontents 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z That he is one of those gurus, peddling parenting products, didn’t seem to discomfit him. How Harvey Karp Turned Baby Sleep Into Big Business 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Some tech firms remain discomfited about appearing as the president’s allies. Silicon Valley Warms to Trump After a Chilly Start 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z He has discomfited longtime U.S. allies with tariffs that threaten a possible trade war. A tumultuous chapter, but Trump's poll standing ticks upward: How come? 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Even if it belongs to a puppet, the sight of a dog’s ear that’s been bitten off sends a discomfiting jolt. Review \| Wes Anderson brings his jewel-box aesthetic to Japan with ‘Isle of Dogs’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The loss became a discomfiting episode for the Navy, says Marvin Barrash of Kent Island, the great-nephew of another ship firefighter. Baltimore-bound USS Cyclops vanished 100 years ago. Its fate remains a mystery. 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z In 2014 the European court of justice ruled in favour of a Spaniard who was discomfited by an archived newspaper item that contained public details about his former indebtedness. Should we forget about the ‘right to be forgotten’? \| Paul Chadwick 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Adrion focuses on the voices of women who’ve shoehorned their way into the industry and have inspiring stories to tell, as well as discomfiting ones. Half the Picture proves that #MeToo alone won’t solve sexism in entertainment 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z In all these stories, the technology is still profoundly discomfiting, but the characters stuck with it find vindication anyway. To stay relevant, Black Mirror has to change how dystopian fiction works 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z I had the discomfiting sensation of catching a glimpse of something deeply private, like walking in on someone in a state of undress or using the bathroom. Is ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ the Most Radical Show on TV? 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Image: Climoji For us, it really is chapter one: chapter one is, be awake and be okay with experiencing with how discomfiting this is, without letting your guilt consume you. What kind of emoji do you need to talk about climate change? 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Also discomfiting is the question of how much Mr. Trump’s ownership of Florida beachfront property factored into the decision. Opinion \| Excluding Florida from a new offshore drilling plan sure looks partisan 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z If the emotional substance of these food stories seems familiar, it’s because they tend to be as messy and discomfiting as our own. A matter of taste: six remarkable women and the food they ate 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z I was consistently more drawn to the discomfiting films, the ones with more political and personal edge. Critics roundtable: the movies that transported and troubled us in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z This discomfits some, but the Federal Communications Commission is right to let markets steer competition and innovation. The Internet Is Free Again 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Somewhat discomfiting, the jests of these authors serve as an antidote and alternative to the despairing negativity or fake positivity that plagues patients like me. Cancer Humor 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z All three of the books affirm a single, discomfiting truth: the rage-filled American present is at war with the American past, each side prone to slanderous fits and discarding facts that don’t suit them. How Amazon reviews became the new battlefield of US politics 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Trump’s advisers said the president was particularly discomfited by Price’s behavior because he’d run as a champion for “forgotten” Americans for whom costly charter-plane travel seemed particularly egregious. HHS Secretary Tom Price resigns amid criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z How discomfiting you find this development probably depends on how romantic you interpret Jung’s play to be. Forward Flux presents ambitious double bill 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z However, one of those people has recently gone missing--under circumstances of great interest to Aphra’s discomfiting government allies, and possibly to the entire planet. How author Ruthanna Emrys is subverting Lovecraft’s tropes with her own cosmic horror series 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z I chart fluids and drugs and arrange for a hospital bed, feeling discomfited that the family is so dramatically relieved at such a basic intervention. We’re more likely to get cancer than to get married. This is a wake-up call \| Ranjana Srivastava 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z And though it deals with deeply discomfiting subject matter, that’s what honesty often feels like — a point you might apply to any of the three shows in WET’s season. New Washington Ensemble Theatre season takes aim at ‘toxic masculinity’ 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z It is a course that leaves both parties somewhat discomfited, both because of Virginia’s bifurcated demography and the cautious nature of the two candidates. Charlottesville and Trump’s Response Reshape Virginia Gubernatorial Race 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z It might be a personally discomfiting one to some, but that’s not a good reason to dismiss the long history of women contributing to tech and instead turn to bad science. Science doesn’t explain tech’s diversity problem — history does 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z From the book’s title onwards, most of what Buckley writes is based on what evidently first drew him to his subject: the idea that “rock stars are meant to be weird, disquieting and discomfiting”. Strange fascination: The best David Bowie books 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Effective as both a textured slice-of-life and as a discomfiting commentary on modern alienation — marked by subtle observations about race and class — “The Transfiguration” is sublime art-horror. New video: 'The Dinner' features a top-notch cast tackling uncomfortable subjects 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Kohl had through most of his political career been visibly discomfited by discussions of Germany’s decimated Jewish heritage. Helmut Kohl, German statesman who united his country after Cold War, dies at 87 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Trump’s comments also discomfited many in the United States. London mayor tells AP he doesn’t care about Trump tweets 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z This dual presence — transparent yet indispensable — discomfits the national imagination. Israel’s Invisible Filipino Work Force 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Le Pen in action is good, if discomfiting, television. How Marine Le Pen played the media 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Looking up the narrow chute that is the 18th fairway, Fitzpatrick was discomfited by spectators leaning forward on the right side for a better view. Matthew Fitzpatrick was upset with double-bogey 6 on the 18th hole, but happy he didn't kill anybody with his tee shot - Golf Digest 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z And unlike other world leaders, such as Germany’s Merkel, who has been discomfited by Trump, Xi might find familiarity in the insularity of an administration run largely by tycoons and family members. As he gets ready to meet Trump in Florida, China's Xi Jinping has a lot to worry about 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Shakespeare restored confidence by keeping things simple, Vardy rediscovered the rabidity which so discomfits defenders, and Schmeichel simply continued being brilliant. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z And she insists that “my hair never discomfited Black people. Quite the opposite.” Opinion \| When saying you’re black and being black are two different things 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Like Gen Thomas’s comments, that flood of leaks, while discomfiting Donald Trump, also represented a potential challenge to the American political system as it once was known. Junta lite: how generals and billionaires took over Trump's militarized America 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z While a majority of Americans support greater immigration enforcement, as well as major reforms aimed at greater security, the visual effect of raids that don’t always target “bad dudes” is discomfiting. Opinion \| Spicer makes an impossible job even harder 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Two years into Xi Jinping’s presidency, China’s politics were turning away from the liberalising trend of the previous three decades, towards a hard-edged nationalism that was discomfiting China’s immediate neighbours and their western allies. Donald Trump is making China great again \| Isabel Hilton 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Roughly translated: Climate may or may not be a problem, but how real I can’t say, and in any case I’m not going to greatly discomfit anyone. Rick Perry Studies His Job Description 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z But to anyone who believes in innocence until proof of guilt, visiting is a discomfiting experience. Guantánamo remains a stain on America’s reputation 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z What makes the movie such a discomfiting experience is that it seems to sympathize with its heroine, acknowledging her intelligence, integrity and work ethic, while remaining unsparingly honest about her very real shortcomings. Has Hollywood lost touch with American values? 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Yet for pro-Western Russian liberals, the panicked attitude of some of America’s mainstream media was equally discomfiting. Vladimir Putin wins his last round against Barack Obama 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z He goes where the data lead him, and he accepts the findings, however discomfiting or politically incorrect. Tom Sowell, a Fearless Contrarian, Puts Down the Pen 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z For that reason, the discomfiting focus on the role of the Jews should be welcome. Bach’s Holy Dread 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z One discomfiting part of this story is all too familiar, however: the practice of state-level governments installing corporate puppets to run their various environmental and natural resources agencies. The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z At any given moment, the work discomfits in simultaneously the best and worst ways, amplifying the grotesque origins of contemporary America to near deafening. Why Kara Walker's incendiary slavery art is as relevant as ever 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Going into the Valley of the Kings felt like sneaking into the Metropolitan Museum in the middle of the night: I had the place to myself, but the privilege was discomfiting. The Factory of Fakes 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z But poets in our discomfiting age are riffing on President-elect Donald Trump, a man whose tax breaks and Twitter feeds contain multitudes. Donald Trump has roused the poets to stinging verse 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z For Zainab Ghwari, a community organizer in Sugar Land, the election results were a discomfiting reminder of the way many Americans perceive her. Some Texas Muslims note concerns after Donald Trump election 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z In one discomfiting chapter, the girls are invited to the birthday party of a white, middle-class schoolmate, Lily Bingham. Zadie Smith’s Memory Tricks 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z It’s discomfiting to see “Walking Dead” double down on misery when there’s already been so much of it. Negan promises he's 'just getting started,' but have 'Walking Dead' fans already seen enough misery? 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z McDowell said the kiss discomfited a pageant official who was also present. The growing list of women who have stepped forward to accuse Trump of touching them inappropriately 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Even in reliably red Texas, even for a generation eager for a candidate who disrupts and discomfits the ossified Washington establishment, Trump is a hard sell. 'How do we support a racist?' Young Republicans grapple with 2016 election 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Nayyem’s poise and gift for repartee made him an obvious fit for television, where, as an on-air host, he deployed his natural ease and charm to discomfit politicians. Reforming Ukraine After the Revolutions 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Which is why there’s something haunting in it, and discomfiting. A Dramatic Lesson About Political Actors 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z I was extremely discomfited to learn that D.C. D.C. Council members’ multiple jobs 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z In short, U.S. targeting of Hezbollah would mostly please and embolden Washington’s friends and discomfit its antagonists. The right target for the U.S. in Syria: Hezbollah 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Her opponent radiates anger, and the United States has not elected an angry president since Andrew Jackson, long before television brought presidents into everyone’s living room, where anger is discomfiting. Can Clinton do in 2016 what Reagan did in 1980? 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z While it contains some positive news about household finances, many of its findings are discomfiting. What You Think You Know About Money, but Don’t, Can Hurt You 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z As drama it is riveting and full of unexpected turns, also somewhat haunting and discomfiting, which I’ll get to in a moment. A Dramatic Lesson About Political Actors 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The result is a song that’s both catchy and discomfiting, if a little derivative. This is your next jam: Britney Spears, Katy Perry, and more 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z The 25-minute mix doesn’t break a ton of new ground — it’s abrasive, intense, and occasionally achieves a sort of eerie, Gothic beauty — but it still makes for a fascinating, uniquely discomfiting listen. This is your next jam: Jay Z, Miguel, and more 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z Darkness did not discomfit him, and death did not scare him. Somewhere, John Sorenson, 92, Is Smiling 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Because of complaints by human-rights advocates, who seem to think that it’s better to be dead than discomfited. How the Red Cross Killed Non-Lethal Weapons 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The continued resistance can be discomfiting for Trump supporters, who find themselves outsiders in a Republican state for siding with the GOP candidate. Utah Republicans are sour on Trump, and Libertarians sense opportunity 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z But sorting discoveries from false leads can be discomfiting. 1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z But many of Pegida’s supporters evidently felt discomfited by non-white players representing Germany at football internationals. Pegida activists protest at images of non-white German footballers on Kinder bars 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z But even many in that latter category are instinctually discomfited by public disclosures of classified information. Future of national security whistleblowing at stake in US inquiry 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z He's more concerned with preserving his crustacean sex life than protesting how The Hotel turns human expression into a discomfiting checklist. The Lobster draws out an illogical world to its most logical ends 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z But this week, a charging Day proved discomfiting. As Jason Day Dominates the Field, Jordan Spieth Misses the Cut 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Of course, Burle Marx, in his time, presented a discomfiting hybrid too. Landscape Artist Roberto Burle Marx’s Lasting Influence 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The number and severity of these incidences is discomfiting. Sperm Donation Needs Federal Regulation 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z And yet, again according to Kyle Blaine, there are some in the media who are actually discomfited by the surrender to Trump. CNN’s Donald Trump disgrace: Trump coverage is the smoking gun, CNN is the corpse 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z The incongruous letter remained there throughout much of my childhood—a discomfiting advertisement to the world that not everything inside the house was quite normally aligned. Madness Runs in the Family 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z But somehow, his performance lacked the tropes of traditional masculinity that might have made this aggression discomfiting. Juiceboxxx, a rapper, made me care about guitar music again 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z “People are now getting used to the fact it’s not there. I think for a lot of people that’s discomfiting and that may create some of the good pressure toward a solution.” End of Tax Break Program May Blunt Impact of New York Zoning Change 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z This makes him a discomfiting study for a next-slide-please survey course. Edvard Munch’s Unsung Importance 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z In the evening’s strangest, most discomfiting performance, Jeneve Rose Mitchell and McCreery took on “Gone” by Montgomery Gentry – and the less said about Mitchell’s outfit the better. 'American Idol' recap: Five head home after 'Idol' reunion 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z He was preaching to the choir: an annual festival of data protection and privacy experts; people steeped in the increasingly discomfiting reality of trying to control data online – bits in a tornado. How Europe is fighting to change tech companies' 'wrecking ball' ethics 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z He's selling in ways that are luring voters, discomfiting the GOP hierarchy and, confirming the tenets of professors who know marketing. Trump, Marketer-in-Chief 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z According to luxury resale insiders, however, consigning needn’t be so discomfiting. The Secrets of Re-selling Luxury Clothes 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z A city long known for its robust economy, affordability, liberal politics and chic restaurants finds itself confronting an open secret as discomfiting as the bone-chilling winters. Minneapolis’s Less Visible, and More Troubled, Side 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z He looks a tad discomfited in playing a bottom-edged hook off a short ball which dribbles behind to the keeper. South Africa v England: second Test, day four – live! 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Standing in the centre of these huge screens and loudspeakers is an impressively discomfiting experience. Museum of Tomorrow: a captivating invitation to imagine a sustainable world 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The new title better describes their roles, and it does away with antiquated terminology that discomfited some students, faculty, and the heads of college themselves.” University students hold anti-racism protests across US – as it happened 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z We like to hear what doesn’t discomfit us. All of our choices are bad, and we helped make it that way: ISIS, Islam and the real story of our decades-long foreign-policy disaster 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z These words may be personally discomfiting, but they accurately describe a systemic reality. Campus Protests Are Part of a Critique of White Male Privilege 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z He looks a tad discomfited in playing a bottom-edged hook off a short ball which dribbles behind to the keeper. South Africa v England: second Test, day four – live! 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Such findings raise the discomfiting question of whether Palestinian violence works. As stabbing attacks reach Israeli heartland, ignoring conflict becomes much harder 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The new title better describes their roles, and it does away with antiquated terminology that discomfited some students, faculty, and the heads of college themselves.” University students hold anti-racism protests across US – as it happened 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Then there was the girl who entered the program as a 7-year-old and would hide when discomfited. Challenges abound for US kids who’ve had a parent in prison 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z But even some who support a legal right to abortion were discomfited by the casual, even callous, way Planned Parenthood officials in the videos referred to the organs of aborted fetuses. Defunding fetal tissue research would be a mistake 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z For a bowler who’s neither particularly fast nor short enough to be skiddy or tall enough to generate discomfiting bounce, and who was originally a specialist swing bowler, Anderson has developed into a wonderful player. Pakistan v England: second Test, day one – live! 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z You never want to run the risk of being surprised and discomfited by what your spouse says. Walk a mile in my shoes and your feet will probably hurt 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z It is a discomfiting sanctuary where a man's obsession collides with larger questions over constitutional rights and the power of police to protect. 'Peace Officer' documentary looks at why police tactics seem to be getting more brutal 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Even more discomfiting for some is the appeal Trump has among organizations known to harbor white supremacist views. Alongside Trump’s campaign, activist clashes are growing uglier 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Francis remains popular despite discomfiting many inside and outside the church. Popular Pope Francis has revived, ruffled US Catholic church 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z For a bowler who’s neither particularly fast nor short enough to be skiddy or tall enough to generate discomfiting bounce, and who was originally a specialist swing bowler, Anderson has developed into a wonderful player. Pakistan v England: second Test, day one – live! 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z The left plays down the discomfiting incentives and unintended consequences that have resulted from Roe v. Let’s Talk About the Racial Disparity in Abortions 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The journalist, for instance, was given a DVD of the 2004 beheading of the American radio-tower operator Nicholas Berg, a snippet of which is shown here in a brief but highly discomfiting moment. Telluride: In 'Only the Dead,' Michael Ware descends into the heart of Iraq darkness 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Dr. Sacks discomfited some readers, who maintained that he capitalized on his patients’ suffering to form handy parables. Oliver Sacks, doctor of ‘Awakenings’ and poet laureate of medicine, dies at 82 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z And over the course of a long war it helped obscure a discomfiting truth: The identities and motives of the insurgents, and their various factions, often remained opaque. Afghan War’s Convenient Myth: A Living Mullah Omar 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z He said he was fond of Mr. Price, but was more discomfited by his actions. A Company Copes With Backlash Against the Raise That Roared 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z But the demands that each constituency is placing on the leading presidential candidates reflect a growing unwillingness to accept the usual assurances, an expectation of action — and discomfiting strains on the political center. Candidates Caught in Middle as Words Ring Hollow to Activists 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Frank received millions of dollars, but wealth so discomfited him he used it to create a foundation and gave it away. The Man Who Saw America 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Some people — particularly conservatives — are discomfited by Moore’s approach. How a Southern Baptist leader became surprising voice on Confederate flag 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z But Ms. Fiorina quickly grew discomfited when the questions seemed to treat her more as a heckler pulling a stunt than as a formidable candidate making an otherwise significant campaign stop.” The GOP’s 'Game of Thrones' is only going to help Hillary Clinton 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z But Ms. Fiorina quickly grew discomfited when the questions seemed to treat her more as a heckler pulling a stunt than as a formidable candidate making an otherwise significant campaign stop. Carly Fiorina, in an Ambush of Hillary Clinton, Gets Defensive 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z The display is especially important for Obama in a year when his decision to negotiate with Iran, a regime with leaders who periodically call for the destruction of Israel, has discomfited many Jewish leaders. Obama vows no bad deal with Iran: 'This deal will have my name on it' 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z That may discomfit more hawkish allies, especially the United Arab Emirates, who regard the Brotherhood, even in non-violent incarnation, as the source of jihadist ideology. Obama shakes up the sheikhs 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z He added: “The university is an open marketplace of ideas. Sometimes, we encounter views that are discomfiting. We debate rather than boycott them.” Some Jewish activists don't want Cornel West at UCLA conference 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z But in the aftermath of the trial, I've arrived at a handful of discomfiting conclusions. Five uncomfortable truths about the Ellen Pao verdict 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z But he was not the least discomfited to see two major winners rise like vultures to challenge his equanimity at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Morgan Hoffmann, a Pilot, Handles Pressure as He Seeks His First PGA Win 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z “In the end,” Cooper wrote, “his respectful and masterful speech reminded everyone, that he has earned his place on the international stage, no matter how discomfiting his message is to some.” Netanyahu Wins Big in Israel, But the Future Still Unclear 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z To be honest, Answer Man was a bit discomfited by all this. With help from Howard Hughes, scientists push the limits of mortality 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z Ragnar is obviously discomfited by the child’s presence, though when Aslaug asks if he loves his son he answers “of course.” 'Vikings' Season 3 Premiere Review: 'Mercenary' 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Audacious questions, probing ones, dissenting opinions and contentious or discomfiting observations are not brooked from either gender, especially if those talking and dissenting are not "important". Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Why Women Stay Quiet at Work 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z This discomfiting proximity, this unsought intimacy, is the fundamental pleasure of poetry. An Alaskan Poet’s Lyrics of Sex and Power 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z But their competitors who employ that lower paid labour will be most discomfited by a rise. Bad News For Amazon As Boehner Kills The Online Sales Tax 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Undergirding their uncertainty is the discomfiting sense that no one — not the president nor members of Congress — has much control over events around the world. Unease over economy, Obama may turn Iowans redder — if they vote at all 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z It worked on three occasions, discomfiting Distin and forcing him into a hurried pass. Everton ease to goalless draw after crowd trouble in Lille 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The episode discomfited the people at National City. Have art, will travel: A D.C. artist installed a mosaic without church’s permission The one he and Ferrell wrote for Anchorman discomfited preview audiences because they couldn’t tell which character had dropped the bomb. The History of the Fart Joke He meant he hoped to emulate Blair’s success in transforming his party and delivering three thumping election victories, but this week Cameron echoed — and surpassed — Blair’s ability to discomfit the Queen. David Cameron Should Be Royally Embarrassed By Independence Flub 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Stanford Coach David Shaw was more discomfited than entertained after watching Arizona's wild, Hail Mary win over Cal. Pac-12 Conference is getting to be a tougher neighborhood 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Mangala also played superbly well alongside Kompany, providing perhaps the most assured peg in City’s defence in a spiky game that saw Diego Costa, as he will, disrupt and discomfit the home team. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Unannounced, I showed up to that session, clearly discomfiting Tom. Remembering influential lobbyist Thomas Boggs The surge in support for independence over recent weeks has also discomfited investors. British PM begs Scots not to break up 'family of nations' 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Even Iran can assist, though that might discomfit Washington. Obama Administration Debates Bombing Syria To Fight Islamic State; Instead, Washington Should Allow Syria And Others To Battle Killer Radicals 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z According to Dhiab and others, many nurses at Gitmo have repeatedly exhibited signs that they are discomfited by what they are asked to do. A nurse at Gitmo refuses to force feed any more prisoners. Others should too 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z There are as many awkward, discomfiting sequences in “Obvious Child” as there are interludes of genuine fun and romance. ‘Obvious Child’ review The difference between Sharapova at the start and finish of the match was huge – her serve took a set and a half to find its groove and Stosur’s energy clearly discomfited her opponent. Sharapova fights back to reach French Open quarter-finals 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z The collective Guerrilla Girls tackle the issue most explicitly, with graffiti announcing discomfiting statistics: "Less than 4% of exhibited artists are women but 76% of nudes are female." Pharrell's art show 'celebrating women' tainted by a Terry Richardson nude 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z On the other hand, it must be the tiniest bit discomfiting at times to have your work changed so drastically. George R.R. Martin Comments On Controversial 'Game Of Thrones' Scene 2014-04-22T18:24:00Z Playing the hole last year, he went from a confident second-round leader to a wobbly, discomfited also-ran. Masters Dreams Are Dashed at Augusta National’s 15th Hole 2014-04-10T01:09:15Z Israel, assumed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East, has been discomfited by U.S. detente with Iran since the election last year of President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate. West, Iran activate landmark nuclear deal 2014-01-21T02:53:31Z One reason A&E may not be discomfited by the protests is that it will be a long time before any viewer even notices the suspension. Advertising: Fans Criticize Move to Suspend ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star 2013-12-20T01:48:06Z Some viewers might find the juxtaposition of enormous American warships in pursuit of a handful of shoeless Somali pirates to be discomfiting. The U.S. Military Isn't Flawless 2013-10-12T02:05:22Z If South Korea is looking for evidence that the Obama administration is playing favorites in the patent war between and , it got some discomfiting signals on Tuesday. Did Obama Just Pick Sides in the Apple-Samsung Patent War? 2013-10-08T15:01:07Z An ongoing project at the Pew Charitable Trusts in Washington DC reveals discomfiting gaps in the data. In addition 2013-08-14T18:20:03.017Z Those moves have many in Ireland questioning his loyalties, a discomfiting state of affairs for McIlroy, who cares what people think of him and strives to be a winning — and winsome — entertainer. McIlroy, a Native Son, Divides Ireland 2013-07-13T15:20:15Z Mr. Rudd has revived his party’s chances at the next election, and commentators have turned from misogyny to taxes, carbon, refugees and investment; there is a discomfiting sense of relief that the woman has gone. Op-Ed Contributor: In Australia, Misogyny Lives On 2013-07-06T00:40:56Z It is seeping into the salons of power, discomfiting Russia’s leaders and their bizniz cronies. Schumpeter: Spooked by shale 2013-06-27T15:06:40Z She laughed often, sometimes out of genuine amusement but other times, it seemed, to deflect discomfiting questions. \| Janette Sadik-Khan: Transportation Chief Talks of Giving the Public More Public Spaces 2013-06-17T01:29:46Z But in Mr. Roth’s view, they “are often tired myths — ones that numb us to more discomfiting ambiguities.” Lens Blog: A White Road and an Ambiguous Narrative 2013-05-08T15:13:02Z He was steered toward environmental science by a professor at Hunter College and by the discomfiting memory of a dusty D.I.Y. apartment renovation that left his daughter Wendy, then 5, with respiratory allergies. Debriefing: Bill Sothern Remediates Mold and Other Hazards 2013-05-03T16:23:00Z One expects such officials to be discomfited by idle factories and restive workers. Bangladeshi workers need more than boycotts 2013-04-30T18:34:31Z Environment Wine and Climate Change Every day, it seems, global warming finds a new way to discomfit us. The Week: Language on Twitter, Saturn’s ‘Ring Rain’ and More 2013-04-15T20:33:56Z The advice sounded sage, if a bit discomfiting. Should Parents Ask Other Parents About Guns at Home? 2013-04-12T11:05:52Z However I am discomfited by the glee with which this development appears to have been greeted by thousands of online readers. Charging fatter people more to fly? It's Samoa Air that should be ashamed 2013-04-03T11:28:53Z Unless, that is, it is ' "transition" to the world of cyberspace, an uncertain and highly discomfiting process – because, frankly, it may not be a process at all. The writing is on the paywall – but the end of print is not quite nigh 2012-12-30T00:06:08Z Many wealthy liberals, by contrast, have sat on the sidelines, in part because they say they are discomfited by the influence of big money in politics. Soros donates $1.5 million to pro-Obama super PACs 2012-09-27T21:02:00Z
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