distress
Example Sentences
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"Instead, his manner throughout the evaluation, back then, as well as earlier in the year, was almost like we were having lunch at his country club. There was no sense of alarm or distress."
From BBC
If losing your home and its contents — lest we forget about them — would cause you financial distress, don’t get rid of your home insurance.
From MarketWatch
She called the experience "extremely distressing and outrageous".
From BBC
Two years after allegations surfaced about the helicopter crash images, a jury awarded widow Vanessa Bryant $31 million in damages after she sued the county for violating her right to privacy and inflicting emotional distress.
From Los Angeles Times
Tracy says the process took a "huge amount of distressing form-filling, including sending the original will, original documents, all at my own expense," she says.
From BBC
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