distress
Example Sentences
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Though he had - as he put it - "defended the indefensible" by arguing against the removal of hereditary peers, the earl has accepted his fate and was not "unduly distressed by it".
From BBC
An ICE news release initially said Lunas Campos had died of “medical distress.”
"It was absolutely horrific to see an animal in such distress, it was just awful," she said.
From BBC
The turmoil comes after signs of distress in a handful of funds and has exposed confusion about how the investments work.
Wayne Bates, from the union, said the procedures could be "quite distressing", which was why schools should practise in the same way they would with fire drills.
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