Sentence examples for slight distress from inspiring English sources

Spot a literary allusion and you run scurrying in Pavlovian fashion to it, anxious for Esterhazy's confirmation -- perhaps, to our slight distress, for his approval.

Dickens said Nickleby was about how childhood impressions are more real than any we receive in adult life: "Perhaps a word, a laugh, some slight distress, a passing thought or fear - and yet more strongly and distinctly marked, and better far remembered, than the hardest trials or severest sorrows of but a year ago".

One of my friends looked at me and my other friend in slight distress.

The healthy neonates are scored as 8 10 points; for slight distress, 4 7 points; while for severe distress, <4 points.

The visual inspection resulted in plant health ratings based on the following: 1 = severe decline; 2 = some discolouring; 3 = slight distress; 4 = plant is healthy; 5 = healthy and evidence of reproduction.

Everyone who (thought they) knew him claimed he never expressed the slightest distress and his grandmother said, "He was perfect, period".

Babies in the low-risk group suffered only minor ailments, such as slight respiratory distress.

This study also showed a slight increase in distress at follow-up, measured by the Distress Thermometer (Jefford et al, 2011).

Appropriate anesthesia was administered to mice undergoing procedures that caused more than momentary or slight pain or distress.

He finished 20 seconds behind Menchov, ticking off the miles without betraying even the slightest look of distress.

Another reason might be that slight reductions in psychological distress, adverse parenting behaviour and behavioural difficulties of the child were also seen in the control group.