distress
Example Sentences
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The trial previously heard that in 2020, he wrote to Complainant A expressing "regret" for the "hurt, pain and distress" he had caused her.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Investors have shrugged off signs of consumer distress because shoppers keep spending —even if they feel awful about higher prices.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Jurors awarded Nancy Iskander another $35 million for serious emotional distress and $34 million to Zachary, their surviving son, for emotional suffering.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
It glides by smoothly, and Ms. Mann’s lilting, melancholy songs are hypnotically lovely, but the characters’ anguish and psychological distress are only faintly sketched in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
In listening, I sobbed convulsively; for I could repress what I endured no longer; I was obliged to yield, and I was shaken from head to foot with acute distress.
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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