distress
Example Sentences
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In Colombia, that figure dropped to about 40%, while fewer than 20% of patients in Nigeria and India reported similar distress.
From Science Daily
Intrusive thoughts can be extremely distressing and often focus on topics that feel completely at odds with a person's values or identity.
From BBC
Rhodri Thomas, the National Pharmacy Association's Wales Manager, said scabies was "a distressing and highly infectious condition".
From BBC
Tests later showed Sonny "had been distressed for a significant amount of time" and should have been delivered earlier, the report said.
From BBC
The former deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats found it "distressing" that the publisher of the Daily Mail allegedly targeted him using "unlawful means", a court has heard.
From BBC
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