Sentence examples for distressingly long from inspiring English sources

This situation makes the transplant waiting lists in Israel distressingly long.

The list of what needs to be fixed in Haiti is distressingly long, and progress has been frustratingly slow.

But he turned out to be just one in a distressingly long list of government officials whose allegiances and official favors were for sale.

But the droopy pants look that has men shuffling along as if they were Attica inmates has hung around for a surprisingly, and distressingly, long time.

But they are also the team that collapsed in their last game, a 6-2 loss to Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the latest in a distressingly long line of clunkers.

Like being in a distressingly long version of New Year's Eve, you could end up either broke and stranded miles from home, or keeping up appearances while everyone arrives to party.

Distressingly, this kind of long gestation period is pretty typical for America's corps of young, elite celebrity novelists.

That will mean very hot and very long days, and distressingly short nights.

American youths have long voted at distressingly low levels, although the turnout of eligible voters between 18 and 29 surged moderately between 2000 and 2004, from 36 to 47percentt.

There are heroes of mine whose inevitable death I've long dreaded, because they seemed so distressingly mortal: ageing, greying, slowing down (as one recurring thought goes, "What will I do when Stephen Sondheim dies?").

If you look on social media it won't take long to find Bernie Sanders's supporters engaging in distressingly maladroit, condescending, and paternalistic discourse with Black Democratic voters, often dismissing the autonomy of the majority who favor Hillary Clinton.