Sentence examples for somewhat distressing for from inspiring English sources

Vilém Tauský, one of his pupils, described his encounters with Janáček as somewhat distressing for someone unused to his personality, and noted that Janáček's characteristically staccato speech rhythms were reproduced in some of his operatic characters.

"I understand that the match was an exhibition, and that Federer was there to put on a show, but exhibition or not, it was still somewhat distressing to watch the best tennis player in the world muff points for the sake of making an old er) man feel better," Will Leitch writes in this week's Play Newsletter.

That's somewhat distressing, given that the sustainability of underlying growth isn't yet clear (to me, at least; Mark Zandi said today that he is convinced that recovery is now self-sustaining).Of course, some might argue that it's about time for stimulus to wind down.

— Susan Edgerley Los Angeles Magazine: The May issue includes a rich (and somewhat distressing) piece by Lesley Bargar Suter about the burger entrepreneur Adam Fleischman and his supersonically expanding Umami empire.

"He's got a somewhat distressing way of showing how much he cares," said Michael J. Horvitz, the museum's chairman, who is also a trustee at Case Western.

Nevertheless, I must admit that I found portions of the book somewhat distressing to read.

While it may be odd and somewhat distressing, this is harmless.[12].[12]

"It's very distressing for my partner.

It was particularly distressing for the families.

So it was distressing for me.

So that was distressing for me.