Sentence examples for some distressing from inspiring English sources

She overheard some distressing conversation which made her feel she was getting more attention than she deserved.

In the weeks leading up to this book's publication, fans were treated to some distressing… Taipei, by Tao Lin (Vintage).

Then, just as Legendre was finally getting comfortable, she received some distressing news from her financial adviser.

Marianne's older sister, the prudent and discreet Elinor, is constant toward her lover, Edward Ferrars, and, after some distressing vicissitudes, marries him.

Hinging on a bizarre and apparently inexplicable literary coincidence, The Year of Henry James has been written, it seems, for Lodge to lay to rest some distressing ghosts.

There was great sympathy in much of the world, though this was offset by some distressing scenes of celebration in the Middle East.

Youtuber Sam Pepper thought this sounded far too easy and tried to go one better, making for some genuinely distressing viewing.

Nor should we overlook the truth, which some find distressing and unacceptable, that we tend to identify more closely with "people like us" - people who share our western culture.

(The content creators' own behaviour, particularly in light of some pretty distressing sexual assault claims, is another whole topic).

(The content creators' own behavior, particularly in light of some pretty distressing sexual assault claims, is another whole topic).

"I was starting to recover from some really distressing times, but then I turned 17 and social services started arranging for me to live alone.