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Example sentences for: distressed

How can you use “distressed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

I am cranky, as you can tell, becoming more and more distressed by the people who put themselves forward to run.
The papers report that President Clinton was "deeply distressed" (but, says USAT , he will still make his planned trip to India and Pakistan later this year).
(Gross detail: Soaking uniform buttons in urine gives them a distressed, Civil War look.)
I am sorry that Stein is distressed by the sight of the president visiting Israel and Palestine.
If Mr. Mason is so distressed at the state of American English, I invite him to leave Switzerland and take up residence in Boston, Massachusetts.