Sentence examples for distressing matters from inspiring English sources

Indeed, participants may not have had the opportunity to discuss such distressing matters before the study and had this study not been conducted.

A police spokeswoman said: "This has been an extremely distressing matter for all those involved.

The fact that it deals with such distressing subject matter without falling prey to sentimentality makes it all the more admirable.

Being my first foreign assignment, I was expecting a bit of a rough ride into an unknown territory and the horribly distressing subject matter within it, but nothing I couldn't handle.

She was initially reluctant because, as a mother, she found the subject matter distressing.

Although praiseworthy as a matter of personal philanthropy, the donation by the mayor and the others, whose names were not disclosed, is highly distressing as a matter of public policy.

It was the most distressing, infuriating thing.

You might think that the soothing white palate might make the subject matter less distressing; in fact, my stress level was heightened.

(As Claridge notes in a telling aside, Post didn't like to talk about "distressing matters, or even think about them much").

From an ethical point of view, given the very distressing nature of the subject matter, it also allows the participant to feel more relaxed and secure, knowing that they can disclose information at their own pace [ 37, 40, 41].

Still, it is distressing that on a matter of this magnitude so few opposing voices were heard.