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- adverb in a
distressed manner
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Examples
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"Norman, you sound as though something awful might happen to you," she told him distressedly.
Hell Wings Over Manhattan Adams, Stephen 2004
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She became distressedly conscious that her feet, which lay on the wet grass, were aching with cold.
The Trespasser 2003
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No, he thought distressedly, no, I'm not sure I ever knew him.
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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Karoly stopped more than one servant, upstairs and down, distressedly asking did they not hear some child?
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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No, he thought distressedly, no, I'm not sure I ever knew him.
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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I couldn't possibly imagine, Nikolai thought distressedly, and simply answered, "No."
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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I couldn't possibly imagine, Nikolai thought distressedly, and simply answered, "No."
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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Karoly stopped more than one servant, upstairs and down, distressedly asking did they not hear some child?
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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"I never saw myself that way," Gawain said distressedly, far from hearing anything I said.
Port Eternity Cherryh, C. J. 1982
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When the girl had made an end, and sat waiting distressedly for his verdict, he still rested mute, until the silence became more than she could endure, and she cried out in pleading:
Heart of the Blue Ridge Waldron Baily
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