distress
Example Sentences
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Although an emergency room can keep someone safe, many autistic people find its bright lights, incessant noise and unfamiliarity to be more distressing than helpful.
From Los Angeles Times
“It’s distressing to me being a fundamental analyst that good news is being pounded,” says Paul Meeks of Freedom Capital Markets.
From Barron's
I dress like I’m in a grunge band and wear distressed jeans and Nirvana or Pearl Jam band shirts, and I always rock a flannel.
From Literature
The badger was looking at him, her face pinched with the most distressed expression.
From Literature
Jewson’s film is thankfully scrubbed of satanic panic, but still focuses on a damsel — or, in this case, damsels — in distress, attempting to escape the bizarre, clandestine ritual they’ve found themselves at the center of.
From Salon
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