- present tense form of distress (3rd person singular).
distresses
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Sleeping out in the stifling summer heat leaves her exhausted, but what distresses her more is not knowing when or how this situation will end.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
This is said to produce a form of underwater noise pollution which distresses the animals.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
“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
“As they help lead us out of our long bout with the pandemic they will provide balm for our distresses and delight for our hearts.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 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
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