distress
Example Sentences
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The judge denied the defendants’ request to dismiss the negligence, emotional distress and punitive damages claims.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Current market conditions, notably “financial distress among a narrow category of carriers,” has historically led to M&A, the Citi analysts said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
The lawsuit said the plaintiff has suffered “severe emotional distress, including anxiety, humiliation, loss of standing in his community and harm to his professional relationships” as a result of his squabble with Ye.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
He has said it was necessary because her life was "in shambles and she was in physical, emotional, mental and financial distress".
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
I expected she would show signs of great distress and shame; but to my surprise she neither wept nor blushed: composed, though grave, she stood, the central mark of all eyes.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing distress
Don't Distress: Words With Irregular Opposites
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "D"
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"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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