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The expression "upsetting for him" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing sympathy for someone who has experienced something unpleasant. For example: "The news of his mother's passing was so upsetting for him".
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Teaching in those schools was upsetting for him.
"This is upsetting for him".
"It was very upsetting for him to talk about it," she added.
"Clearly this is very upsetting for him as he cannot recall any details of his life including his own name, age, where he is from, or what he does for a job.
His mother said quickly that this was too upsetting for him, she was taking him back to Nyack immediately, and in a rage Philip threw off her hand and told the detectives, "I saw him.
This was the first film that gave him full editorial control, and there's no doubt that, for a gay man, the process of making it was extremely upsetting for him – the aversion therapy he undergoes, during which he is made to vomit while looking at homoerotic images, is particularly difficult to watch.
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"I felt, as someone who I worked with, very upset for him.
Slauson shrugged, then said: "I think the rest of the guys were kind of upset for him.
Despite previous events, Joan does seem to genuinely love Greg and is more upset for him than angry at his selfishness in not calling.
The Hattiesburg mayor, Johnny Dupree, is the first black major-party nominee for governor in Mississippi, but an upset win for him is not on the cards.
If he's upset, be there for him.
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