distressing event
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistressingandevent
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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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(Definition ofdistressingandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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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.
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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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Admission to palliative care is usually adistressingevent.
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Empathy is characterized by a child's attention to thedistressingeventand the victim.
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Is it not highly desirable that there should be no more questions at this point about this mostdistressingevent?
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That was the mostdistressingeventwhich 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 adistressingevent.
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A finding of this study was that the bonobos sought out more body contact after watching adistressingeventupon 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.
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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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