distresses

Example Sentences

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“What distresses Angelenos the most are encampments. That’s where people were dying on the street,” Bass told reporters.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2023

He would like to be able to move on because every time something about the case comes up, it distresses his daughter all over again.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2022

The turn against immigration distresses some Texas business owners.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022

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