Sentence examples for distressing phenomenon from inspiring English sources
I would like to congratulate the young Matthew C. Klein for exposing a distressing phenomenon that we, the parents, are too embarrassed to admit.
But the increasing prominence of human error as a factor in fatal crashes like Air France Flight 447 — and like the 2009 Colgan Air crash near Buffalo, New York, that killed 50 — is a distressing phenomenon that some safety experts say regulators are only beginning to address.
They characterize this distressing phenomenon as 'genocide', averring that such suicides were unheard of prior to the commodification.
In fact, I needed three hours of stone-cold slumber on a Saturday afternoon before I could confront the awkwardness of my dating life (a distressing phenomenon that I believed had been safely banished during my 20s).
Loneliness can be an extremely painful and distressing phenomenon [ 7] that can have serious consequences for adolescent well-being.
Though some partners denied paternity, a distressing phenomenon for young mothers observed elsewhere in the South African context [ 41], most of the women we interviewed described their partners as supportive during pregnancy and less so during the postpartum period.
Beah's autobiography is almost unique, as far as I can determine — perhaps the first time that a child soldier has been able to give literary voice to one of the most distressing phenomena of the late 20th century: the rise of the pubescent (or even prepubescent) warrior-killer.
The instrument consists of six items measuring inability to undertake normal functions and six items on the appearance of new and distressing phenomena.
The most distressing phenomena occurring when spirits make contact, with freaked-out former guests waking up with an immense pressure on their chest, unable to breathe.
The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) [ 26, 27] assesses general mental health and focuses on inability to undertake normal functions and the appearance of new and distressing phenomena.
18 The GHQ is a validated, self-administered, 12-items questionnaire focusing on the inability to carry out normal functions and the appearance of new and distressing phenomena.
