Example Sentences

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Senior pro vice-chancellor Prof Graham Virgo said it had "distressed the whole of the university community".

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2022

He sent a note to his class expressing regret if his hypothetical had distressed anyone.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

Christopher Kane had distressed leather hats by Stephen Jones, while Erdem’s were a bit like the one worn by Robinson Crusoe, though probably not made of the scraps found on a fictional desert island.

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2016

"We had two AOL-ers that had distressed babies that were born that we paid a million dollars each to make sure those babies were OK," he said during a town hall.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2015

I could bear that better than the thought that I had distressed you.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion