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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are being upset" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly as it suggests a passive construction that doesn't fit well with the verb "upset."
Example: "They are being upset by the news" would be better phrased as "They are upset by the news."
Alternatives: "are upset" or "are feeling upset."
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Tells how the old patterns of Eskimo life are being upset.
UK store chiefs are facing tough decisions at a time when trading patterns are being upset by uncertainty surrounding Brexit, with retail sales figures for the first quarter of 2017 showing the biggest drop in purchases in the last seven years.
The problem with American politics is less that incumbents are being upset than that they usually cannot be dislodged with a crowbar.
Both ends of this bargain are being upset, particularly with the emergence of vocal, if still small, Jewish advocacy groups such as J Street in America, which campaign for Israel to agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state.Critics say that in pressing Jews to ditch their passports, Mr Netanyahu is alienating allies and going beyond the founding ideals of Zionism.
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Her main reaction is being upset about the attack.
There's being upset, and then there are upsets.
And be aware that getting too upset about the mainstream is being upset about something you can't control and therefore will deplete your energies.
He says he's "been upset for a long time".
If I had been a student of Gloria Gadsden, I would have been be upset at her attitude towards me.
Yet it is not only reporters that are are upset.
This election has been upsetting and I think it's been upsetting in ways that are at least partly unconscious.
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