Sentence examples for a trifle uncomfortable from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a trifle uncomfortable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a slight feeling of discomfort in a situation or context.
Example: "During the meeting, I felt a trifle uncomfortable discussing the budget cuts."
Alternatives: "a bit uncomfortable" or "somewhat uneasy".

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Kimetto does not have Mutai's grace – his stiff-backed style makes him look haughty and a trifle uncomfortable – but his effort was extraordinary, and his finishing time would have been science fiction to runners of the 1990s.

Perhaps make that "tragi-comedy": this is no Blackadder II, and the usually assured David Mitchell as Shakespeare certainly seems a trifle uncomfortable barking out lines such as "I am not going bald, I have low eyebrows".

Mr. Schiano was not trying particularly hard to conceal his lack of enthusiasm for deporting the Lennons — he is, he said, another Beatle fan among millions — but, as the reporters idly asked him questions to pass the time, he grew a trifle uncomfortable.

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A trifle overwrought?

(He looks a trifle smug).

Call it a trifle.

Becomes a trifle voyeuristic.

The very name was "a trifle".

This admission is a trifle overdramatic.

This seems a trifle cynical.

My mind is just a trifle muddy.

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