Sentence examples for a slightly uncomfortable from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a slightly uncomfortable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or feeling that is not entirely pleasant but not overwhelmingly negative either.
Example: "During the meeting, there was a slightly uncomfortable silence after the controversial topic was raised."
Alternatives: "a bit awkward" or "somewhat uneasy."

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Then she paused a slightly uncomfortable second.

"All right, I'm the Madman," he adds, with a slightly uncomfortable laugh.

"My narrator is a slightly uncomfortable English man, so maybe I can manage that," he said.

And the video for Drag makes me laugh in a slightly uncomfortable way.

It wasn't enough to psoil a fine documentary, but it put a slightly uncomfortable spell on it.

For all the layers he reveals of Harry, his performance feels like a slightly uncomfortable mismatch of actor and role.

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(On my ears, the 15's create a weird, slightly uncomfortable pressure, as you sometimes feel in a descending airplane. But the customer reviews online suggest that I'm a tiny minority).

To most Americans however, Korean BBQ was a foreign, slightly uncomfortable food experience that you only accessed with a Korean-speaking friend.

Working from his and Mr. Hollandsworth's script, Mr. Linklater doesn't lead with the bummer side of the story but instead sets a broad, slightly uncomfortable comic tone that makes it difficult — intentionally, I think — to know if you're meant to be laughing or recoiling.

Indeed, her playing on Friday -- which included a correct if slightly uncomfortable performance of Debussy's "Isle Joyeuse" -- resembled a series of competent holding actions, nervous battles fought against an instrument that she more or less subdues but never really commands.

It was a sweet, if slightly uncomfortable, moment.

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