Example Sentences

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Distressing experiences like this make it hard for patients like Poree to undergo pap smears later on.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

Distressing stories from those initial disastrous weeks shocked the nation and were, for many, a wake-up call to the virus’ brutality.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Distressing images of carcasses strewn over the steppes made world headlines.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2021

William lent Melville a book by his father, Owen Chase: “Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex.”

From New York Times • May 2, 2020

"Distressing," said Tyrion Lannister, who had armed them.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin