Sentence examples for distressing figure of from inspiring English sources

Gene talk was also used in attempts to dislodge the distressing figure of the schizophrenia-inducing mother.

Patients Association chief executive Katherine Murphy said: "These distressing figures reveal bed occupancy rates are at the very limit of what is safe or indeed desirable for patients.

"But there is something particularly distressing about the nice round figure of $100,000 and the fact that it directly lined Mr. Carter's pocket".

Coram Boy Jamila Gavin (Mammoth, £5.99) Really fantastic, page-turning historical novel that tells the often distressing story of the shadowy 18th-century figure, the Coram Man.

In his "Pietà" of 1850, on loan from Oslo's National Gallery, the French painter retains only the figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary, making the scene even more desolate and distressing.

And although these figures show an improvement from a few years ago, there were distressing signs of an increase in people sleeping rough by other homeless charities earlier this year.

Nausea and vomiting are considered as two of the most distressing side effects of anticancer chemotherapy.

It was the most distressing day of my life.

The Troubled Asset Relief Program illustrates the distressing state of American politics.

Those who were there have distressing stories of violence".

Some reports contain distressing examples of behaviour by traumatised children.