distress
Example Sentences
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Two things can be true at once: Your very real fear of flying, which can result in very real physical and psychological distress, and your husband’s window of time to take this trip.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Arco Renz’s choreography of the students as they haunt the present day makes their distress visible through physical contortions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
"If my cats were ever showing signs of distress, I wouldn't do it with them."
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
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
I then start the run up the Yukon River and inside of four hours I thought I was going to die of gastric distress.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing distress
Don't Distress: Words With Irregular Opposites
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "D"
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"A Modest Proposal," Vocabulary from the satire
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