upset
Example Sentences
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According to royal sources, the lack of official comment so far from Buckingham Palace should not be seen as complacency, but royal aides are said to fully understand the sense of public upset.
From BBC
In the District of Columbia and its suburbs in Maryland and Virginia, citizens are upset about municipal failures to plow streets adequately and to maintain regular school schedules.
But what upsets me the most, even more than all those other things, is that I don’t know why.
From Literature
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A burp, even a big one, was hardly anything to get upset about.
From Literature
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"I'm upset and the neighbours are upset about it," he says.
From BBC
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