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DISTRESSED occurs
one time
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1.
... distressed me
terribly.
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Most of the
time,
therefore, I did not
take
the
morning drink which I
craved so
badly, but
instead would
fill up on
large doses of
sedatives to
quiet the
jitters, which
distressed me
terribly.
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