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
As he would do when a patient has a food intolerance, Dr. Johnson would advise avoiding an emotional upset that is known to trigger vomiting.
From Slate • Nov. 25, 2019
His body fairly shook with excitement, pupils dilated, face became flushed and he could hardly speak on account of the emotional upset.
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Glueck, Bernard