Thesaurus / distress
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Their failure to act was unacceptable and affected hundreds of thousands of people, which may have caused some anxiety and distress as a result.
UK’S ICO REDUCES BRITISH AIRWAYS DATA BREACH FINE TO £20M, AFTER ORIGINALLY SETTING IT AT £184MINGRID LUNDENOCTOBER 16, 2020TECHCRUNCH
Sometimes it’s even a sign that the tree is in distress, Aiello says.
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It’s addressing the economic distress that I’ve seen growing up in very disenfranchised neighborhoods in Minneapolis.
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Stay put, build a camp, signal your distress and wait for help.
THE 10-STEP GUIDE TO SURVIVAL IN AN EMERGENCYBY TIM MACWELCH/OUTDOOR LIFESEPTEMBER 29, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
Carrying a whistle in your survival kit can signal your distress to others, day or night, as long as you have breath to blow it.
THE 10-STEP GUIDE TO SURVIVAL IN AN EMERGENCYBY TIM MACWELCH/OUTDOOR LIFESEPTEMBER 29, 2020POPULAR SCIENCE
While this study was quite small, and the older adults involved were all initially healthy with limited symptoms of mental distress, Sturm says she’s hopeful about the results.
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It was only from her suitor that I heard at last of her distress.
HER MOTHER'S SECRETEMMA D. E. N. SOUTHWORTH
He could not help, and it would only distress you to feel that he was upset.
ABOUT PEGGY SAVILLEMRS. G. DE HORNE VAIZEY
The distress in Joan's face was like that which one sees in the face of a dumb animal that has received a mortal hurt.
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARCMARK TWAIN
Before his distress we should be most sympathetic, offering every aid.
ONCE ABOARD THE LUGGERARTHUR STUART-MENTETH HUTCHINSON
WORDS RELATED TO DISTRESS
- T-off
- abrade
- agitate
- ask for it
- badger
- be at
- be on the back of
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- bore
- bother
- break
- bug
- burn up
- chafe
- displease
- distress
- disturb
- egg on
- exasperate
- fire up
- gall
- get
- gnaw
- harass
- harry
- heat up
- henpeck
- hit where one lives
- irk
- madden
- make waves
- miff
- nag
- needle
- nettle
- nudge
- peeve
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- provoke
- push button
- ride
- rile
- ruffle
- tease
- tick off
- trouble
- turn off
- vex
- work on
- worry
- T-off
- abrade
- agitate
- ask for it
- badger
- be at
- be on the back of
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- bore
- bother
- break
- bug
- burn up
- chafe
- displease
- distress
- disturb
- egg on
- exasperate
- fire up
- gall
- get
- gnaw
- harass
- harry
- heat up
- henpeck
- hit where one lives
- irk
- madden
- make waves
- miff
- nag
- needle
- nettle
- nudge
- peeve
- perturb
- pester
- plague
- provoke
- push button
- ride
- rile
- ruffle
- tease
- tick off
- trouble
- turn off
- vex
- work on
- worry
- all-overs
- angst
- ants in pants
- apprehension
- botheration
- butterflies
- care
- cold sweat
- concern
- creeps
- disquiet
- disquietude
- distress
- doubt
- downer
- drag
- dread
- flap
- foreboding
- fretfulness
- fuss
- goose bumps
- heebie-jeebies
- jitters
- misery
- misgiving
- mistrust
- nail-biting
- needles
- nervousness
- panic
- pins and needles
- restlessness
- solicitude
- suffering
- suspense
- sweat
- trouble
- uncertainty
- unease
- uneasiness
- watchfulness
- willies
- worriment
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