Example Sentences
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the news of the murder inquiry was "really shocking" and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called the circumstances "extremely distressing".
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Oringel, who is 85 and lives in town, finds the long vacancy distressing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
"We're also speaking to those who called emergency services and who witnessed what will have been a distressing incident," Cronin added.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
As distressing as their circumstance is, Naim and Ryan are unmistakably positioned as heroic lovers, not victims-to-be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Yet if it was distressing to him—he thought—how much more painful it would be to you!
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
