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distressing event

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meanings of distressingand event


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distressing
adjective
uk /dɪˈstres.ɪŋ/ us /dɪˈstres.ɪŋ/
upsetting ...
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event
noun[C]
uk /ɪˈvent/ us /ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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Examples of distressing event


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He analyzes in detail "distressing events" or seemingly irrational temper tantrums to develop a theory of cognitive development based on the sequentiality of conversational interaction.
In view of the distressing events in this unit and the disturbing nature of the inquiry's findings, my officials will be keeping me in touch with progress.
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Admission to palliative care is usually a distressingevent.
Empathy is characterized by a child's attention to the distressingevent and the victim.
Is it not highly desirable that there should be no more questions at this point about this most distressingevent?
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That was the most distressingevent which has ever occurred to me or to the child.
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Surely therefore we must now at least be thinking of what we should do in such a distressingevent.
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A finding of this study was that the bonobos sought out more body contact after watching a distressingevent upon the other bonobos rather than their individually experienced stressful event.
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For the most part, the recollections served to assuage their anxiety and to provide reassurance that they would survive their retirement, just as they had survived much more distressing events.
We have seen the distressing events of these last weeks.
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But it is fair to claim that the accumulation of distressing events and the information which has come to light about prison conditions have served to arouse the public conscience.
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It is seldom that we have an opportunity to do so these days with so many gloomy and distressing events given prominence in the press and on television.
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In view of the distressing events in this unit and the disturbing nature of the inquiry's findings, my officials will be keeping me in touch with progress.
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Is it not important that any decision in the area should take account of the lessons to be learned from the distressing events of the past week?
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Happy events may temporarily make people more satisfied, and distressing events may temporarily make people less satisfied, but once these events pass, people return to their set levels of satisfaction.
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