distress
noun
great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
will distress
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future tenseof distress.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The bag is weather resistant and the leather will distress beautifully after a few seasons.
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 12, 2018
Doubtless The Bitter Tea of General Yen will distress cinemaddicts who cherish the illusion that under Tsar Hays the cinema is committed to upholding Occidental theories of right and wrong.
From Time Magazine Archive
No, it does not concern her Highness," he answered, "yet I fear it will distress your Majesty as much.
From Long Live the King by Guy Boothby
When they shed their feathers, their stomach is weak then, they must have soft victuals then, hard corn will distress their stomach then.
From A Complete Edition of the Works of Nancy Luce by Nancy Luce
When you have anything to communicate that will distress the heart of the person whom it concerns, be silent, in order that he may hear it from some one else.
From Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers by William Alexander Clouston
