sense distress

Frequency: 6.98.5 per million words

to become aware of someone's suffering, often intuitively

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Examples (10)

  • The mother could sense her child's distress even from across the room.
  • He seemed to sense my distress and offered his help immediately.
  • Animals can often sense human distress better than we realize.
  • She could sense the distress in his voice during the phone call.
  • The therapist was trained to sense emotional distress in her patients.
  • I could sense her distress when she heard the bad news.
  • Dogs are known to sense their owner's distress and provide comfort.
  • The teacher could sense the student's distress about the upcoming exam.
  • He had the ability to sense psychological distress in others.
  • The nurse could sense the patient's distress despite their calm appearance.