distresses
Example Sentences
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This is said to produce a form of underwater noise pollution which distresses the animals.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025
But what distresses him most is not the financial pain big farmers will experience but the hardship that will be visited upon workers and their families who are dependent upon agriculture for their livelihoods.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2023
Catherine Dreher, vice chair of the Missouri Libertarian Party, said her 18-year-old son has dealt with mental health issues, recently left home and wants to transition to a woman, which distresses her.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2023
Meanwhile, Duke visits an antique shop, and the sight of all the unclaimed tchotchkes left behind by the dead distresses her: “I don’t feel connected to anything!”
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2022
But the Lord hath delivered us out of our distresses, and a fog came upon them, and we put up a strong fight, and they has gone out of the Bay entire.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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