Sentence examples for to distress from inspiring English sources

The topic seemed to distress her mother.

But up close, the comfortable images give way to distress.

Which, after all, is a very old way to respond to distress in this country.

An inability to afford that Park Avenue condo, she said, can lead to distress.

Deaf to distress, her indifference towards anyone else's feelings makes sense.

So He avoided looking at His landlord and landlady in order not to distress them.

Yet this effort to "distress" ACL was unsuccessful, because the council and the charity dug in.

Reinforcing boyhood for our child began to lead to distress, upset and anxiety.

That lack of warning seemed to distress some parents the most.

It noted the clown's "menacing expression" and glowing red eyes were "likely to distress young children".

Sometimes, because it seems to distress her that I am not a believer, I soften the edges of my skepticism.