distress
Example Sentences
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DISTRESS: Protesters carried an injured woman at a rally against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2013
DISTRESS: Protesters carried an injured woman at a rally against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2013
"DISTRESS CALLS" On Friday, Fabre said most Togolese were yearning for change.
From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2010
He was, nevertheless, sent back to the upper world with this lot:—ARMY, CAVALIER, DISTRESS.
From A journey from this world to the next — Volume 2 by Fielding, Henry
When, however, he stood over against it, not more than twenty paces therefrom, the thing happened which he now least of all expected: he heard anew the great CRY OF DISTRESS.
From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm
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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