Example Sentences

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"I am distressing you, I see," answered Miss Vyvyan; "I ought not to pain you."

From Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days by Piper, Anna W. Ford

"I'm afraid that I am distressing you frightfully, and I don't see how I can make things easier."

From The Hero by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)