- present tense form of distress (3rd person singular).
distresses
Example Sentences
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This is said to produce a form of underwater noise pollution which distresses the animals.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
But what distresses him most is not the financial pain big farmers will experience but the hardship that will be visited upon workers and their families who are dependent upon agriculture for their livelihoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
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
Nearly three weeks after the protests, he admitted that “many Australians, especially women, believe that I have not heard them, and that greatly distresses me.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2021
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
