upsetting moment
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He remembers it being an upsetting moment for everyone when he and screenwriter Kyle Warren told them what was going to happen.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
She said she will "always be jealous he left the hospital a proud dad full of joy… for me it was was an upsetting moment and I didn’t want to talk to anyone".
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2021
Poussey’s death remains the most upsetting moment in OITNB’s history, and fans were outraged.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2019
“This tension? It’s yours,” she says at one particularly upsetting moment, toward the end of the show.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 28, 2018
"Where?" asked Jenny; not that she wanted to see it, but that she didn't know what else to say at this upsetting moment.
From A Humble Enterprise by Cambridge, Ada
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