sense distress
Frequency: 6.98.5 per million words
to become aware of someone's suffering, often intuitively
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- 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.