upsetting

Example Sentences

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Just as upsetting to Adel: When he tells Fatima that he loves her, she doesn’t respond in kind.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

The interviews revealed the "pain of having no one to tell when something upsetting happens, and no one to share with when something joyful happens", Kim said.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

One additional factor upsetting investors of late has been the continual weakness of the Korean currency USDKRW.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Most upsetting, though, was the directive that he and other industry operations investigators received in late summer to start spending at least six hours per week on immigration-related work.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

It was upsetting, imagining them awakening to find me gone.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis