suffer distress
Frequency: 7.815.5 per million words
to endure a period of great pain or anxiety
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Examples (10)
- The animals suffer great distress when hunted.
- After the factory closed, many families began to suffer financial distress.
- He suffered immense emotional distress following the breakup.
- Patients undergoing long treatments often suffer physical and psychological distress.
- No child should ever have to suffer such distress.
- If the drought continues, the entire region will suffer economic distress.
- The court acknowledged that the victim had suffered significant distress.
- Many refugees have suffered severe distress while fleeing their homes.
- One might suffer acute distress when faced with a sudden loss.
- To see a loved one suffer mental distress is incredibly difficult.