Sentence examples for were in distress from inspiring English sources

Mr. Dinneen estimated that a dozen more companies were in distress.

In the 1980's, one industrial plant after another closed, and whole communities were in distress.

On Friday the pair had used a satellite phone to report that they were in distress.

When it became clear that they were in distress, witnesses said, several lifeguards went in the water.

Because it was publicly traded, Trump could sell shares and quickly raise money while other corners of his empire were in distress.

Some of them frantically tried to get the attention of passing motorists, pushing shoes through the holes to show they were in distress.

Being in distress hurts.

She was in distress.

I was in distress.

Someone — usually a woman — is in distress.

By 1962, she's in distress.