distress
noun
great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
distressfully
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a word derived from
distress.
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a word derived from
distressful.
Example Sentences
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Thus after six distressfully disputatious days at Scranton.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Senate Ladies' Luncheon Club was distressfully snarled on the election of a president to succeed Mrs. Dawes.
From Time Magazine Archive
She gazes distressfully around her, and then plucks with a little mournful, helpless fashion at a dainty, fleecy thing that lies close to her throat, and is her only covering from the angry blast.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
They were heavy horses, and we were sorry to have them thundering so distressfully ahead of us.
From Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway by Effie Price Gladding
Dane fancied the boys were doing their utmost, but the progress they made appeared distressfully slow.
From The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss
