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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distress.

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Examples

  • The distresses of these two individuals are vastly different, and at the core of their distresses is classism.

    A PRIMER ON UNLEARNING CLASSISM Maggie Jochild 2007

  • "Well, then, the word distresses me beyond measure."

    Louise de la Valliere Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • "Well, then, the word distresses me beyond measure."

    The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Alexandre Dumas p��re 1836

  • The relieving of Christ's poor in their distresses, is a good deed, and will turn a good account; he accepts it, and will reward it.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • Eventually, however, we get to "domestic Insurrections amongst us," and here it comes, the phrase that distresses me so much after spending close to a decade meeting, and listening to, Native Americans, that I can barely stand to read it, nor type it.

    The Damaging Three Words of the Declaration of Independence 2011

  • We have been only interested spectators of their contentions in diplomacy and in war, ready to use our friendly offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our advice and never attempting unfairly to coin the distresses of other powers into commercial advantage to ourselves.

    Benjamin Harrison: Inaugural Address 1989

  • We have been only interested spectators of their contentions in diplomacy and in war, ready to use our friendly offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our advice and never attempting unfairly to coin the distresses of other powers into commercial advantage to ourselves.

    United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches United States. Presidents.

  • We have been only interested spectators of their contentions in diplomacy and in war, ready to use our friendly offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our advice and never attempting unfairly to coin the distresses of other powers into commercial advantage to ourselves.

    US Presidential Inaugural Addresses Various

  • We have been only interested spectators of their contentions in diplomacy and in war, ready to use our friendly offices to promote peace, but never obtruding our advice and never attempting unfairly to coin the distresses of other powers into commercial advantage to ourselves.

    A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison 1867

  • The travails of protagonist Kate Reddy, a hedge-fund manager and mother of two who "distresses" a pie she's supposed to bring to a school event so it looks homemade, were pretty amusing.

    Yummy Vs. Slummy 2007

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