Sentence examples for Distressing from inspiring English sources

Distressing though it may be, you would have to live in a world of total fantasy football to believe that any great steps could be taken to eradicate the verbal insults from the terraces.

In a statement, the group said it was very disappointed with the "distressing" ruling.

"This is unacceptable and distressing to those who lost friends and family.

A couple of days ago, I spoke to Nicola Heaney, the great-niece of Mortensen, who talked with restrained dignity about the past week and how distressing his widow, Jean, who died a couple of years ago, would have found it.

She forwarded distressing video purporting to show the aftermath of the blast showed a child a with a wound to her eye being carried at the scene.

This not only reduces distressing psychological symptoms but also helps students to function better at university.

The city council said the ban came after protesters attempted to storm the central library and occupy the premises on Tuesday, distressing children and families.

My brother has spent his birthday watching his father's distressing and unexpected death; my daughter cancels her party.

The criteria, he says, for judging whether a child needs professional support are whether the hallucinations are "frequent, complex, distressing and cause impairment".

Residents of this Dallas suburb are hurt and angry that outsiders have been allowed to come in and leave an indelible and distressing mark on their city.

Lawn only broke off from the buildup to the quarter-final when his wife's condition took a distressing turn for the worse.