"Uncomfortably" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... say." He waded on uncomfortably, feeling less dashing every moment. He should have realised at once that it was an impossible ...
— Once on a Time • A. A. Milne
... do, nothing lo see, no one to talk to. Her dad and the big, heavy-set man whom he called Frank, seemed uncomfortably aware of their deficiencies and were pitiably anxious to make her feel welcome—and failed. They called her "Raine." The other two men did not call her anything at all. They were both sandy-complexioned and they both chewed tobacco quite noticeably, and when ...
— Sawtooth Ranch • B. M. Bower
... not mind having this first interview with Cleo thus cut short, especially as he could not talk with Ingram there to listen. He was, moreover, uncomfortably aware that Ingram was watching him closely the whole time, and he did not fail to detect the tinge of irony in the novelist's last little speech. But he felt he had closed his account with the man, and he would not trouble his brains ...
— Cleo The Magnificent - The Muse of the Real • Louis Zangwill
... unfinished and turned his head away uncomfortably. He could not say such things and ...
— The Return of Peter Grimm - Novelised From the Play • David Belasco
... announced, and a general move took place. Henry Norman came forward and welcomed him, and then took him and Louis out on the Crescent till dinner-time. Here they were joined by some of Norman's acquaintances, whom he introduced to his visitors. Louis thought uncomfortably, for a few minutes, of Mrs. Norman's look of disapprobation; but he persuaded himself that there was nothing meant by it, and soon became very lively. There was something he did not like about Norman, who, though perfectly well-bred and attentive, showed a degree of ...
— Louis' School Days - A Story for Boys • E. J. May
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