distressed

Example Sentences

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A distressed, elderly woman died alone in an A&E corridor in full view of other people waiting at a north Wales hospital, a visitor has claimed.

From BBC

The jury heard that at about 05.30 BST on 17 July that year, a man walking his dog found an extremely distressed woman staggering along the pavement.

From BBC

She said she found this behaviour "unacceptable" and felt "distressed and alarmed".

From BBC

At Milan Fashion Week on Thursday, the Prada show opened with cozy knit sweaters and multi-coloured scarves, only for garments to be ripped open, exposed and distressed as the catwalk continued.

From Barron's

Or that the public housing she championed would itself deteriorate so badly that, by 1990, the federal government would label much of it as “severely distressed”—and demolish it for having become a latter-day slum.

From The Wall Street Journal