When she was in distress, words flew from her like sparks, and this made the weeks following the Manual decision less depressing to the student body than they might have been.
Peers backed Dear's amendment to the antisocial behaviour, crime and policing bill that would replace the phrase "nuisance and annoyance" in the legislation with "harassment, alarm or distress" – the words used for asbos.
"I didn't get any indication from your committee appearance that you appreciate the hurt and distress your words have caused, particularly to London's immigrant communities," wrote Arnold.
He was arrested at his home, in Chesterfield Road, on suspicion of causing racially or religiously-aggravated harassment, alarm or distress by words or writing.
"Not the distressed asset one; I wouldn't use the word distressed.
Footnotes: (1) Beethoven was showing a fine sense of humor when he made reference to "notes save from distress" because the German word for notes, like the English word, refers to both musical notes as well as money.
("Distressing" might be the word preferred by Mr. Sharpton's critics).
Hems, pockets and waistlines are ripped and frayed -- distressed is the fancy word for it.
The injections alleviate her physical distress; the torrents of words, the flood of memories, help her keep oblivion at bay.
Several, she notes, had trouble with its wording: "pain, distress, trauma, scars" seemed "too strong, dramatic, intimidating or clinical" for them to adopt.
