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How to use the word Distressed in a Sentence?

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The women coming into my office are deeply distressed, they tell me ‘I used to have desire but it’s gone. I could be on a desert island with no pressures, but I just don’t have the appetite. I want it back.’ Those women have HSDD.

Sheryl Kingsberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Some people aren’t bothered by their lack of interest in sex, so we wouldn’t treat them for HSDD, the women coming into my office are deeply distressed.

Sheryl Kingsberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s a similar situation in which a deeply financially distressed company is attempting to sell securities, the same considerations are operating in both situations. The fact that one is in bankruptcy and the other is not, would not make any difference in terms of SEC regulation.

Lynn LoPucki

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Condemn is a very strong word, we certainly are very distressed to see it going on, and we do not want to have human rights abuses happening anywhere in the world.

Jane Fraser

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The( initiative) is not even a decade old yet. Labeling it a failure because of delayed or distressed projects would be premature and simplistic, as would deeming it a success for Chinese global influence.

Austin Strange

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is time not to buy any newly constructed houses because many share investors have lost crores of rupees in the stock market in last 6 months and are in depressed mood to sell their bunglows to bear loss of capital market. Many distressed houses of those traders are up for sell at throw-away prices

Lakshheish M Patel

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1 year ago

When you begin to look at that data, you begin to think that maybe the people who are really distressed are correct ; that the situation is much more economically dire than the data that economists normally look at.

Donald Grimes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We mustn't forget that there's 170 families [ in the UK ] who are highly distressed about this mystery disease that is causing such problems with their kids, and to get a liver transplant is a life changing event.

Calum Semple

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I was distressed by it, to say the least, vA was proposing to spend $ 4 million on a garden with that many homeless veterans literally on the street ?

Anthony Allman

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That's all you have to give so the fact that they are saying more than that suggests that either they have been put in a difficult situation because they have had pressure put on them, or that they are distressed enough that they have broken protocol because they believe what they are saying.

Neil Greenberg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Some children are more comfortable seeking affection. Other children are really looking for people to pick up on their cues and signals, like when they might be distressed or frustrated, a really important ingredient in children feeling safety and security is actually just having people attend to those cues.

Sheri Madigan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There is no stronger protective factor for kids than their primary caregiver's mental health, we know from decades of research that when parents are unhappy or highly distressed, this inevitably negatively affects their parenting behaviors, so it's incumbent on us as a society to figure out how to bring continuous and sustained support for people who are raising the next generation.

Suniya Luthar

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Although CBP does everything it can to locate and rescue individuals who are lost or distressed, the bottom line is this: The terrain along the border is extreme, the summer heat is severe, and the miles of desert migrants must hike after crossing the border in many areas are unforgiving.

Troy Miller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It's very likely that cats suffer just as much from fireworks phobia as dogs, but since cats tend to be more independent in the home and usually run and hide during fearful situations, their owners may just not realize that they are distressed from fireworks.

Michelle Lugones

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I am deeply distressed about the injustice of the whole thing, he's a sociopath. He's a serial rapist.

Victoria Valentino

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The children I spoke to appeared visibly distressed when recounting how they felt seeing more and more of the children with whom they had arrived at Fort Bliss released, leaving them to wonder whether they had simply fallen through the cracks and been forgotten.

Carlos Holguín

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This reduces the likelihood of large numbers of distressed sales from homeowners who emerge from forbearance later in the year.

Frank Nothaft

Found on CNN
2 years ago

One of the things we've also found, particularly for girls, is that even when parents bring up weight in a kind of more neutral way, it can still make them feel emotionally distressed, so it may be best not to mention weight at all, i do think that we can substantially reduce weight stigma in the home environment by focusing conversations on health and health behaviors rather than the number on the scale or physical appearance.

Rebecca Puhl

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have to confirm the regrettable news about Santiago Garcia, everyone at the club feels completely distressed.

Godoy Cruz

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We are very concerned that this will have a detrimental impact on people with or at risk of developing an eating disorder, we are already starting to hear from people who are very distressed, [... ] who think these measures will increase their eating disordered behaviors.

Tom Quinn

Found on CNN
3 years ago

People value their freedoms, they may become distressed or indignant or morally outraged when people are trying to encroach on their freedoms.

Steven Taylor

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Most were distressed, without motivation. They had not moved for weeks.

Marco Orellana

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

For General M&A, non-distressed M&A, and IPO activity for the foreseeable future until we have a better handle on things, it seems like all bets are off.

Jeremy Fraiberg

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We may see an uptick in certain kinds of strategic investments for companies that are cash-strapped and could use a Warren Buffett-like injection, for General M&A, non-distressed M&A, and IPO activity for the foreseeable future until we have a better handle on things, it seems like all bets are off.

Jeremy Fraiberg

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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