distress
Example Sentences
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Joseph alleges in the lawsuit that as a result of events in Las Vegas and in the days immediately afterward, he suffered severe emotional distress, economic loss and harm to his reputation.
From Los Angeles Times
Patients publicly adopted the language of “body positivity,” while privately describing distress they felt unsure how to voice.
The boat, loaded with more than 200 people, made a distress call overnight Wednesday to Thursday near the North Bank region.
From Barron's
"With the rise of antisemitism, and recent horrific attacks, I know this has added to the distress of many in the Jewish community in the UK," he added.
From BBC
Seeing my distress, he chuckled and said I wasn’t the first to mix them up.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
