Sentence examples for distressing changes from inspiring English sources

"The stories of lost species remind us that things do end, they do die, that we are causing irrevocable and deeply distressing changes – but that the ending's not yet written for the stories of rhinoceros, of hedgehogs, of phytoplankton," said Pearl.

This is a distressing change for a program that had previously given states great leeway to devise coverage to fit their own circumstances.

Less common, but certainly distressing, are changes in the quality of orgasm, difficulties reaching orgasm, and pain with erection or orgasm [29,30].

Apathy has been linked to greater impairments in activities of daily living and a greater degree of functional decline [ 55] and is a distressing behavioral change for caregivers of patients with AD [ 56].

Evidence suggests that, as individuals learn to modify their cognitive representations and behavioural responses to distressing stimuli, widespread changes occur in frontal cognitive control systems and in limbic system activation (Goldapple et al., 2004; Kennedy et al., 2007; Farb et al., 2010).

Chances are that the crucible of that person's crowning achievement was some distressing crisis, wrenching change, tragic misfortune or risky venture.

Find unexpected changes very distressing (e.g. change in school environment).

This can be especially distressing if technical standards change.

It was such a distressing thought that we changed the subject almost immediately.

"While the news is distressing, it will not change the fundamental strength of our firm," the company wrote in the memo.

IN the real world, as this recently fat and happy nation has learned once again, the economy can change with distressing speed.