distress
Example Sentences
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Lindsay Toczylowski, co-founder of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, said her organization received a hotline call from a witness who reported seeing Ramos-Solano struggling to breathe and in visible distress.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
In contrast, lower-quality diets were more often linked to higher levels of psychological distress.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Leon Rengel is asking for at least $1.3 million in damages for "loss of liberty" and "emotional distress."
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Mr. Trump’s vulgarities do cause distress among Republicans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
My mother, seeing my distress, said, “You were a good baby, Louise. You never gave us a minute’s worry.”
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
