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
"Instead, his manner throughout the evaluation, back then, as well as earlier in the year, was almost like we were having lunch at his country club. There was no sense of alarm or distress."
From BBC • Mar. 28, 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
I was dreadfully flustered; embarrassed, I looked away; when suddenly, and to my great surprise, he burst out laughing at my distress.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
