Sentence examples for would be distressing from inspiring English sources

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It has changed too drastically, she says, and she is afraid the experience would be distressing.

Unlike Benson, he estimated that average death takes between three and seven minutes: "For any animal, that would be distressing".

The Australian government-contracted managers running the detention centre have been aware from the outset that the move to push people out – without a plan for their ultimate resettlement – would be distressing for those detained.

The choice of lethal chemicals risks a prolonged execution for another death row inmate, which would be distressing for witnesses and the American people – and could inflict excruciating pain on Warner in violation of the US constitution.

Coroner Mary Hassell, sitting at Poplar coroner's court, had given a "very strong warning" to the student's relatives and HGV driver Richard James, that the evidence would be distressing and upsetting.

The simulation theorist says that the reason for this is that, when we experience an emotion off-line that would be distressing in real life, we may actually enjoy having that emotion in the safety of the off-line situation.

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"It would really be distressing if the culture of The Los Angeles Times, even with its recent lapses, were hit by more attempts to make it efficient; if they were going to make the Times reporters cooperate with other newspapers and television stations in the name of the corporate glory of the parent," Professor Drummond said.

Heaven, according to the "Sukhavativyuha Sutra," my knowledge of which is limited to what I learned from the Zaleskis' book, would surely be distressing to anybody with a tendency to photophobia or migraine: "From every flower issue thirty-six hundred thofsand milight rand ofromght," and from each ray "thirty-six hundred thousand million Buddhas".

An example – there are a number of documents showing the names of people who interviewed at Twitter for various senior level positions so publishing their names would obviously be distressing for them.

For example, film footage of the 9/11 attacks such as people jumping from burning buildings would themselves be distressing and constitute direct conditioning experiences.

They were prompted to reflect about how they would think and feel and act if they were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes: Would the diagnosis be distressing?

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