Sentence examples for distressing question from inspiring English sources

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"distressing question" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe a question that causes distress or discomfort, by saying something like, "[He] asked a distressing question about my personal life."

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In the US, this story would have ended with redemption; Macmillan was allowed to finish with a distressing question mark.

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I, too, wanted to be beautiful and virtuous like Xi Shi, but distressing questions began to assert themselves when I reëxamined the story.

Until then, deeply affected by the confusing and contradictory messages sent by the EU on human rights those distressing questions about the integrity of the EU policy on human rights will remain.

The pitching has been so bad, and the won-loss record so distressing, that questions have begun to bubble up regarding Manager Terry Francona's job security, even with the success he has had since joining the club in 2004, when he led them to the first of two World Series titles.

Acceptability of the measure was assessed using the following four questions: 1) "I found the instructions easy to follow"; 2) "I found the questions clear"; 3) "I found the answer choices easy to understand"; and 4) "I found the questions distressing".

Ben was abused by Stella and finds Marsden's questions distressing; however, she continues to press him.

(1995) investigated the differential impact of imagery and verbal processing on subsequent intrusions following a distressing video, but the question remains whether imagery about a personally-relevant current worry topic would lead to less subsequent negative intrusions than worry in verbal form.

And so on.Yet distressing moral and ethical questions often fail to overcome economic pressures (in case you weren't paying attention during the chicken discussion).

Indeed, my daughter and her pal Janis answered most of the questions with distressing ease, including rattling off the names of all of New Jersey's counties.

Seventy-eight percent (n = 108, CI 71-84%) of AYAs disagreed that the questions were distressing.

Due to the sensitive and potentially distressing nature of the questions, face-to-face interview was considered ideal for conducting the research.

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