Sentence examples for uncomfortable competition from inspiring English sources

They submitted poems to journals, and applied for fellowships — often the same ones, which occasionally resulted in some uncomfortable competition, such as when Matthew was accepted to the Fine Arts Work Center, in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

The new venture, C&B Italia, was so successful -- with a plant one magazine called the most highly automated furniture factory in the world -- that it began to provide uncomfortable competition for Cassina, which offered to buy Busnelli out.

I am inordinately uncomfortable with competition.

Who knows?" Hitchcock, who has been uncomfortable discussing the competition for a spot in the rotation, declined several interview requests before speaking briefly.

You spend a lot of time sitting in uncomfortable silence with your competition.

As it is clear that the demands of his job are taking a toll on Chris, Carla becomes increasingly uncomfortable with the brutal competition among firms and the violence they incite in other countries.

Bad slats, narrow passageways, uncomfortable cubicles, overcrowding, increased competition and "bulling" activity have been suggested as negative factors in dairy free-stall herds [ 39, 40].

"It is uncomfortable to depend on your competition for supplies.

There has also been an uncomfortable spat between Fifa, the competition's governing body, and the Brazilian government over tournament rules, such as the sale of alcoholic drinks in stadiums and cut-price tickets for students and pensioners.

"If I didn't have the competition, I'd be uncomfortable".

It is an uncomfortable irony that Margrethe Vestager, Europe's competition commissioner, is well aware of.