distresses

Example Sentences

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“It distresses us to return work which is not perfect,” the note read.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

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

"This includes lists of probable cause of pavement distresses, and some are related to climate," an ACI spokesperson said.

From Reuters • Jul. 22, 2022

Yet his possible removal to Zimbabwe is what really distresses him.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2021

“The coroner,” he wrote Margaret three days after the collapse, “is a disagreeable little doctor, a political hack, without brains, who distresses me.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson