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How to use distressed in a sentence

33 example sentences · adjective

Distressed means anxious or uneasy. Example: “She is distressed because she can't find her keys.”

Examples of distressed by meaning

adjectiveAnxious or uneasy.

  • She is distressed because she can't find her keys.

adjectiveFaded or abused in order to appear old, or antique.

  • Distressed jeans bear all the signs of exertion, while the consumer never has to lift a finger.2022, Carolyn Purnell, Blue Jeans, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 44
  • Lawyers for Hirst accepted that his works had on occasion “been made to look older or distressed”.2024 March 19, Maeve McClenaghan, “Damien Hirst formaldehyde animal works dated to 1990s were made in 2017”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

adjectiveExperiencing financial or operational distress, default, or bankruptcy.

  • Funds that buy “distressed” debt, which typically yields ten percentage points or more over Treasuries, are becoming familiar villains.2019 November 7, “Distressed debt funds are waiting for a downturn”, in The Economist, →ISSN
  • One multibillion-dollar firm that specialises in distressed debt called X's debt “uninvestable”.2023 December 16, “Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal”, in FT Weekend (Companies & Markets section), London: The...

More sentences with distressed

  • She distressed the new media cabinet so that it fit with the other furniture in the room.From the entry distress
  • Detailed, white washed wood with a distressed element and plenty of rococo detailing creates a Havisham-esque feel.2016 October, The Angel Resident, page 43. From the entry Havisham-esque
  • When you are stressed or distressed it is most effective to decharge emotions that you can feel.2012, John Gray, How To Live For Change And Change For Life, page 189. From the entry decharge
  • Bottom fishing for bargains in the stocks of distressed companies is a surprisingly popular sport.2003 July 6, Sharon Epperson, “Beware the Bargains”, in Time, retrieved 26 May 2014. From the entry bottom fishing
  • Three babushki with huge brooms approach distressed with my tears, “Stop crying.2003, Ulbandus Review, page 181. From the entry babushki
  • The twelfth century was the fist medieval century to know the sorry plight of distressed gentlefolk.2002, David Crouch, “The Household Knight”, in William Marshal: Knighthood, War and Chivalry, 1147–1219, 2nd edition, Abingdon…. From the entry gentlefolk
  • After a while the distressed merparents came in search of their lost child.1984, Penelope Hughes, “Home Life of a Triton”, in Richard Hughes: Author, Father, Alan Sutton, →ISBN, part one (1939–1945), page 7. From the entry merparent
  • We have apparently been doing this all our lives, since we were first distressed.1983, Harvey Jackins, The Reclaiming of Power, page 14. From the entry slack
  • It distressed him, Joe said, to see them feeding like animals, without delicacy.a. 1968 (date written), Walter Macken, “The Dreamer”, in The Grass of the People, Dingle, Co. Kerry: Brandon, published 1998, →ISBN, page…. From the entry stroke
  • X’s spouse finds out about the rumours and is distressed.2023, Parliament of Singapore, “Women’s Charter (Family Violence and Other Matters) (Amendment) Bill”, in Republic of Singapore Government…. From the entry promiscuous
  • I am partial to the more threadbare gems and find the more distressed pieces to be the most beautiful.2017 September 5, Lili Göksenin, “How to Buy, and Live with, a Seriously Good Antique Rug”, in GQ. From the entry desaturate
  • When children present with separation anxieties, they visibly ‘make strange’ or become distressed when separated from their parents or caregivers.2015, Colman Noctor, Cop On: What It Is and Why Your Child Needs It to Survive and Thrive in Today’s World, →ISBN. From the entry make strange
  • He was told she was too distressed to come out - Battersea the goldfish had died and she was 'in floods'.2011 May 31, Tina Brown, The Diana Chronicles, Random House, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry in floods
  • After a week of conversing with the deceased through his thoughts, the subject became distressed, saying the voices were overwhelming.2009 November 23, “Gateway of the Mind”, in Creepypasta, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2009. From the entry leave alone
  • His assemblages of distressed autobody parts are almost classical.2009 June 5, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times. From the entry autobody
  • Ashley Tisdale says she was somewhat distressed when she first saw her new profile after her recent nose job.2008 January 17, “Ashley Tisdale Has No Regrets About Nose Job”, in FOXNews, US, retrieved 03 Oct 2008. From the entry nose job
  • I became most distressed when talking to a man from Liverpool who said he was going up the ozzie?2001, Nursing Times, Nursing Mirror, volume 97, numbers 5-8. From the entry ozzie
  • The Northern coastal districts of Kent, from Whitstable to Ramsgate, are one of the distressed areas of England.1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN…. From the entry holidaymaker
  • Somehow the Captain's wish to know distressed Jukes.1902, Joseph Conrad, Typhoon. From the entry hold hard
  • Not done with just showing underbum, the front of the star's shorts featured distressed holes which the top her thighs showed through.2015 November 5, Chelsea White, “Cheeky display! Kesha flashes some underbum in a pair of very short denim cut-offs as she heads to…. From the entry underbum
  • Alternately, if you prefer chain-store shopping to drugs or peace, there is a presoftened T-shirt that says merely SOHO, in a distressed font.2009 May 7, Cintra Wilson, “Is There a Setting for High Strung?”, in New York Times. From the entry presoftened
  • Stingel often favors cheap materials (Styrofoam, for example), but instead of being distressed they are always brand new, industrial and somehow implicitly American.2007 June 29, Roberta Smith, “DIY Art: Walk on It, Write on It, Stroke It”, in New York Times. From the entry monochromist
  • My quarrel with the Ersatzer is perhaps not very deep, and I should not be too distressed if I were forced back to his position.1989, David Malet Armstrong, A Combinatorial Theory of Possibility, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 49, →ISBN. From the entry ersatzer
  • Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New…. From the entry bossy
  • This publication is not a cheat sheet, a “happyology” manual, or a Band-Aid that will fix that distressed kid and send him to a magical haven of learning.2014, Joan Young, Encouragement in the Classroom, page 1416619216. From the entry happyology
  • She said she hoped she had not distressed him by the course she had felt obliged to take, and he told her not to be a fool.1909, H. G. Wells, Ann Veronica. From the entry tell
  • Before, somewhere and time ungraspable, blurred and beset with bewildering details, she had lain alone in bed, listening to gladsome bird voices, mingled with a sense of distressed humanity.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry ungraspable
  • It is very heartbreaking for us to see him become so distressed when a thunderstorm is looming and he absolutely goes into "ga-ga land" when a storm is in process.1996 July 12, SANDRA CARR, “Thunderstorms & Fireworks”, in rec.pets.dogs.behavior (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2022. From the entry xbred

Meaning of distressed

  1. adjective Anxious or uneasy.
  2. adjective Damaged.
  3. adjective Offered for sale after foreclosure.

Full definition of distressed

Questions about distressed in a sentence

How do you use distressed in a sentence?
Distressed is used as an adjective. For example: “She is distressed because she can't find her keys.”
What is a short sentence with distressed?
“Somehow the Captain's wish to know distressed Jukes.”
What does distressed mean?
Distressed means anxious or uneasy.

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