distressed
adjective
showing or suffering from distress; worried or upset.
distressedly
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a word derived from
distressed.
Example Sentences
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But where, he once wrote distressedly, "was that record of this intellectual and moral power, which during more than two centuries, had been going out from the walls of Harvard?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, four days after Georgie was scheduled to leave, the Russians at the Badger's Den distressedly called the police and asked them please to find George.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her eyes moved distressedly from one face to another, and as Virginia began to unfasten the pin at her throat, she added tenderly, "Don't prick yourself, Bootsy!"
From Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris
"Do not force me to answer at such a time, mother," he said, distressedly.
From Kidnapped at the Altar or, The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain by Laura Jean Libbey
Her eyes avoided his face and wandered distressedly round the room.
From Mrs. Day's Daughters by Mary E. Mann
