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

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

But I believe that confronting whiteness and the myths associated with it would cause great emotional upset for many white people.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2020

“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

There was no evidence of emotional upset, but we waited for further testing until we had seen the father, that we might be sure of the school history.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William