distress
noun
great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
has distressed
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present perfectof distress (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And his posture has distressed the leaders in states where the virus is spreading exponentially — overwhelming hospitals, exhausting medical supply stockpiles and ravaging communities.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2020
He tends to dress in baggy jeans and bulky sweatshirts or work shirts that he has distressed, bleached, and dyed, and buff-colored leather work boots or huge sneakers.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2019
Every unit is wired for Verizon Fios, has distressed oak flooring and a full-size Whirlpool washer and dryer, and comes with a parking space.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2015
The refugee crisis in Europe has distressed goodhearted people everywhere.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2015
"My dear Barnaby!..." she began, "I have some very disagreeable intelligence to communicate to you, which has reached me only to-day, and which has distressed me more than I can express."
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
