Sentence examples for distressed to think from inspiring English sources

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Others were distressed to think of the Fanjuls' company moving onto land they wanted the state to take out of production.

This offends Brunetti, who is distressed to think that the Venetian tolerance of corruption -- about which he himself is profoundly ambivalent -- has made it a liability for a decent person to maintain a commitment to justice.

Fox said she was appalled and "distressed to think that the defendant potentially jeopardised her distinguished political career by intercepting private messages left on her voicemail by those who had placed their trust in her".

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While the actress took delight in her comic role, it distressed her to think about the "total powerlessness" of young women whose circumstances made them unmarriageable.

An irony of all this is that if my mother could hear me, could read this, she would be very distressed and would be horrified to think that her death had led me down this road.

Taylor isn't sure but has certainly seen rewards in helping some deeply distressed people as well as having the chance to think about his own mistakes.

"I'm distressed to hear you think that judges of the Supreme Court is an organ of a party," Gorsuch told Whitehouse.

This forced Mr. Paulson and Mr. Bernanke to think the unthinkable: committing taxpayer money to buy hundreds of billions of dollars in distressed assets from struggling institutions.

This forced Mr. Paulson and Ben S. Bernanke, the Fed chairman, to think the unthinkable: committing taxpayer money to buy hundreds of billions of dollars in distressed assets from struggling institutions.

So he is distressed that political forecasters turn out to be as unreliable as the psychological literature predicted, but heartened to think that there might be a way of raising the standard.

"I want you to feel distressed and think, 'What's going on?' There's a whole other experience to be had when you subvert something and make it [messed] up and then there's pretty vocals in it".

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