distresses 1 of 2

plural of distress

distresses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of distress

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for distresses
Noun
  • The polarising billionaire had spent only a few hours in prison upon his return from 15 years of self-exile in August 2023 before he was hospitalised after complaining of heart trouble and chest pains, prompting widespread scepticism and public outrage.
    Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And the Zoned Lumbar Support offers focused support for your lower back, ensuring proper spinal alignment and reducing pressure on your lumbar region, helping to alleviate aches and pains.
    Sherrie Nachman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The water is perfectly clear — until someone brushes the side of the cave or disturbs the soft bottom, sending fine silt particles billowing into the beam of a headlamp.
    Jennifer Walker, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In New York, there’s no worry; no one bothers us.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Task begins by setting up the parallels between Tom and Robbie, two flawed men trying to keep their heads above the water of their own miseries, cutting back and forth between their routines to emphasize their similar ideologies and spontaneities.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than taking the newcomers in, Friedrich leads them to some distant caves and trusts that the miseries of island life—extreme heat, torrential rains, pesky insects, vicious dogs—will soon send them packing.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The growing number of satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) also worries space sustainability experts, who warn about the increasing risk of orbital collisions.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But the immigration worries – with threats of arrest, detention, and deportation for workers – are just one way Trump’s policies are holding back construction.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Democratic leaders said the plan distracts from more urgent legislative priorities and is unlikely to move forward.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • In the New York Times, Schmidt—yes that same guy who was talking up AGI in April—urged Silicon Valley to stop fixating on superhuman AI, warning that the obsession distracts from building useful technology.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Namely, the fact that Powell’s booksellers had been raising concerns about the use AI art long before the merch drop—concerns that management repeatedly overruled.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Gurman’s final note concerns the cameras, which may be one of the star features.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the administration’s approach alarms other Jewish groups and erstwhile academic allies in the fight against campus antisemitism.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Distresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distresses. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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