Sentence examples for but distressing from inspiring English sources

I, too, wanted to be beautiful and virtuous like Xi Shi, but distressing questions began to assert themselves when I reëxamined the story.

Some readers have found this attitude not merely perplexing but distressing, as if Housman were using his professional skills to deny himself the pleasures of the text — as if to admit that you were moved by Propertius, say, were somehow to admit failure.

Parsons added that what's "not surprising at this point, but distressing" is that BlackBerry has consistently refused to publish its transparency guidelines about which governments it cooperates with, and which countries it does not, nor does it publish statistics or numbers on how often it complies with those requests.

This complication is minor but distressing to an otherwise healthy patient; different strategies have been proposed to prevent it.

In addition to the emotional, psychological, physical and economic impact, the concept of 'burden of care' involves subtle but distressing notions such as shame, embarrassment, feelings of guilt and self-blame [ 3].

Attacks of chest pain that are experienced by patients as not very severe and prolonged, but distressing enough for them to contact a general practitioner, present a more difficult problem in diagnosis and management [ 15].

But more distressing were Odom's comments on his career prospects after Hamilton.

But as distressing as this sounds, a healthy amount of optimism about the future of Tulane football exists these days.

It's shameful stuff, but more distressing is that it doesn't come across as all that shocking.

So far at least, the Russians have been mostly singling out not political content but genuinely distressing material posted by Russian-speaking users.

It's worth bearing in mind that for many people, mania is nothing but a distressing experience for them and those who care about them.