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

You have done something which has distressed her very much.

From The Rebel of the School by Meade, L. T.