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Example sentences for: distressed

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Kids are extremely resilient, and their emotional and intellectual development can be normal even if their early childhoods are distressed.
Many of the children have learning disabilities, behavioral problems, or come from economically distressed families.
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.
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).
I am cranky, as you can tell, becoming more and more distressed by the people who put themselves forward to run.