How to pronounce distress

Listen to distress in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“distress” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 275 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. distress arm at all that's a lie courts do recognize emotional distress harm pure emotional distress

    FTC · watch from 39:05 · hear it here

  2. encounters significant distress.

    Federal Reserve · watch from 47:55 · hear it here

  3. causing alarm or distress.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 62:41 · hear it here

  4. levels of mental distress.

    CDC · watch from 56:15 · hear it here

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