noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
abdominal
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He reported improvement of the abdominal discomfort and the manoeuvre was repeated a number of times with similar results.
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Postoperatively she complained of abdominal discomfort and blood chemistry showed cholestasis.
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By midnight she would be experiencing severe abdominal discomfort .
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One complained of diarrhoea and the other of abdominal discomfort and bloating.
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He complained of increasing abdominal discomfort .
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Postoperatively, the patient complained of vague abdominal discomfort and the drain was removed after two days.
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A supervised exercise programme helps moderate this behaviour as well as relieve the abdominal discomfort associated with rapid weight gain.
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Two months later her gall bladder had been removed, but she continued to experience abdominal discomfort .
considerable
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Frequent travel made his leg swell up, and caused him a considerable amount of discomfort .
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Where constipation is the predominant symptom, there may be considerable discomfort which again is damaging to morale.
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Gaseous distension of the bowel causes considerable discomfort to the patient and increases transmural pressure.
great
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Why lodge him here thus roughly but not in any great discomfort ?
physical
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Insomnia Fetal movement, physical discomfort and fears about the future all hinder sleep.
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The low-level stress that comes from selling out your own talents will culminate in some form of physical discomfort .
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The more menacing the progress of the tank, the more absorbed the boy becomes in his physical discomfort .
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The obvious down side of dead work is the emotional and physical discomfort that follows.
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After all, he detested physical pain and discomfort - and this excursion had promised both.
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For me personally, the only physical discomfort caused by the riots was having to drive around roadblocks.
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Drudgery, monotony, fatigue, mental frustration, physical discomfort - all are the same in either case.
■ VERB
cause
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A full bladder can cause much unnecessary discomfort .
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It yielded after causing only moderate cranial discomfort , but as it did I found my feet caught up in something.
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Glare and flicker from the screen can strain eyes and poor layout of workstations can cause discomfort .
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Any rumple would cause discomfort or pain long before the night was out.
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The Audit Commission must be free to cause discomfort .
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If at any time any exercise causes severe discomfort , pain or extreme breathlessness, stop doing it and see your doctor.
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Too much bran introduced all at once to a stomach that is unused to it could cause discomfort and wind!
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Failure of a biomaterial can at best cause discomfort to the patient and at worst can be fatal.
experience
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But it was necessary, of course, for the garrison to experience discomfort first.
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The duration is usually less than 24 hours, but some people experience constant or intermittent discomfort for days.
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By midnight she would be experiencing severe abdominal discomfort .
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Two months later her gall bladder had been removed, but she continued to experience abdominal discomfort .
feel
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Though we may momentarily feel warmth, discomfort or shame, our emotions are rarely more than pinpricks.
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But for many days he felt a curious discomfort , almost giddy at times, almost sad at other times.
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Equally it would be foolish to have starved yourself so that you were hungry enough to feel discomfort .
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One can almost feel the discomfort such syncretic attitudes created in Longobardi.
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Melanie felt a twinge of discomfort .
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He tried to name the fear and felt the discomfort of naming it.
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Giving blood is a simple procedure and most donors feel only the slightest discomfort .
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As a consequence, patients may feel a profound anorectal discomfort and have minor leaking.
suffer
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Beers, building and properties were other sectors which suffered acute discomfort .
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Prepared to suffer a little discomfort to save the life of another person.
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If you want to catch salmon, Bruce, you must be prepared to suffer a little discomfort .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A cushion will help ease the discomfort of sitting on the floor.
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The disease causes acute physical discomfort .
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There's a limit to the amount of discomfort anyone can put up with.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All was revealed, including my discomfort .
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Because of this discomfort he set about developing an air-cushioned sole with his engineer friend Herbert Funck.
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But the heat was more seen than felt, more hallucination than discomfort .
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But there was enough esprit de corps among our group to overcome this discomfort with a minimum amount of grumbling.
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His discomfort was extreme and obvious, but he did his best to ignore the pain in his usual stoic manner.
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My immediate instinct for humor hid my own discomfort .
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There can be no question of her discomfort .
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When Eisenhower fell into the trap, Khrushchev crowed over his discomfort and demanded an apology or a repudiation of presidential responsibility.