distresses

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This is said to produce a form of underwater noise pollution which distresses the animals.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

“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

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

“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