distress

Example Sentences

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Even before a less-than-successful promotional push for “American Girl” led Day to make a distress call to her manager, “we both knew the conversation was coming,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"We must keep this ritual alive under all circumstances, even in the current situation and despite the distress we feel," Roya Abhari, 39, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

In contrast, lower-quality diets were more often linked to higher levels of psychological distress.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

No fever, no gastrointestinal distress, nothing resembling a cold, flu or Covid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

To their distress, however, the cure was not permanent.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield