Sentence examples for distressing numbers from inspiring English sources

On this part of the border, the more distressing numbers reveal a mounting human crisis.

A distressing number have died".

Many are damaged and I saw a distressing number of dead bodies.

There is a distressing number of misspelled names (Ridgeway for Ridgway, for instance) and similar errors.

All children (and a distressing number of adults) want to go to Hogwarts.

A distressing number of my students come to me on the way to or from another activity.

A distressing number "throw rocks" and launch personal attacks—a low game that Mr Cruz has no intention of playing.

Today nearly all of Seventh Avenue's 1960s-era shave have been replaced by chains like Chipotle, and a distressing number of nail salons and real-estate brokers.

Far too many citizens are still trapped in long-term unemployment, while a distressing number of young people struggle to secure a job – any job.

But, as with a distressing number of other issues, like closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, his actions don't match his words.

Today's visitors are warned ceaselessly not to touch them; some are protected with layers of shellac; others have glass or plastic shields in place; a distressing number remain ruined, damaged by careless visitors of the last century.