emotional upset
Example Sentences
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"I don't want the emotional upset of possibly not being able to afford it and then having to ask for somebody to rehome the cat as well."
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025
"We have known since the time of the Ancient Greeks that intense emotional upset can affect the heart, but we don't really know exactly how it happens."
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2022
Researchers in a global study devoted to figuring out stroke triggers found that about 1 in 11 stroke patients experience anger or emotional upset in the hour before their stroke symptoms begin.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
“Never, at least in my 42 years of experience, has it been brought up that it was specifically around a lie, but emotional upset sometimes can be a trigger,” he said.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2019
Shock, a serious condition of acute circulatory failure, usually accompanies a severe or painful injury, a serious loss of blood, or a severe emotional upset.
From In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) by United States. Office of Civil Defense
