Sentence examples for distress spread from inspiring English sources

The distress spread rapidly across social media, with Taylor Swift admitting she was "confused and scared".

Like the Arab Spring, the Spanish movement is rooted in economic distress, spread via social media networks and led in the streets by the young.

Further havoc and distress spread throughout the island 18 days after von Spee's squadron had left, when rumors started to spread that a second German bombardment was about to begin.

Distress has spread from the financial sector to the broader economy.

These are a common tactic used in times of distress to spread capital across the banking system to fill in the weak spots.

In a sign of just how far the economic distress had spread, one volunteer saw his former boss come to the pantry, Mr. Paulson said.

As waves of foreclosures increased over the last year and broader economic distress has spread, the housing department has taken a notably low-profile role, overshadowed not only by the Treasury Department but also the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Leadership of the Free World has promoted deterioration of the Free World, as American economic distress has spread to Europe.

Distress is spreading rapidly in associated industries; Roca, a bathroom equipment supplier, recently laid off 400 people.

But individual investors looking for bargains were also a factor, as were rising oil prices and word from the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, that the central bank was "prepared to act as needed" to prevent the recent market distress from spreading further.

There are many reasons for the budgetary distress, which has spread from coast to coast.