How to Use distress in a Sentence

distress

1 of 2 noun

• The patient showed no obvious signs of distress.
• Citizens voiced their distress over delays in fixing the problem.
• He suffered severe emotional distress as a result of the accident.
• The seas were rough, with waves up to nearly 10 feet, when the crew sent out the distress call.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 25 Apr. 2022
• Our minds jump to the worst-case scenario in times of distress.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022
• But in the back of the room, a girl from Guatemala is in obvious distress.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2019
• Now came a distress call from the München — then silence.
  — Quanta Magazine, 5 Feb. 2020
• Bob is a dude in distress and your gal pal is in damsel-to-the-rescue mode.
  — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2019
• Hampered with a leg injury, the plucky Alex gets to be the damsel in distress.
  — Katie Walsh, kansascity, 5 Oct. 2017
• Neither the plane nor its crew had sent a distress call.
  — USA Today, 11 Jan. 2020
• Even the thought of four more years brought its own strange layer of distress.
  — Elaina Plott, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2020
• He had been called to a restaurant where John was in distress.
  — Doug Smith Senior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2021
• The events of that day and the ensuing weeks of distress altered her plan.
  — Paul Schwartzman and Peter Jamison, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Jan. 2022
• Rough seas could have swamped it, but there was no storm, and no distress call.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• You are forced to confront the source of your distress every day.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2020
• Each of these treatments, alone, cause a lot of distress.
  — Julia Ries, Health.com, 7 Apr. 2022
• In all of them but one, Cruz has played mothers in distress.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
• The film’s heroes may not be so heroic and the damsels may not be in much distress.
  — Mark Olsen, latimes.com, 27 June 2018
• Like the screen split open and the late-night talk-show host became your neighbor at the door, in distress.
  — Michael Paterniti, GQ, 17 Jan. 2018
• In spite of this, the rig never showed any signs of distress due to the subpar weather.
  — Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 28 May 2023
• Old screams are not so scary — that damsel-in-distress stuff doesn’t play now.
  — Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2020
• Alarms blare in the background along with cries of people in distress.
  — chicagotribune.com, 26 Dec. 2020
• Hearing this, Ryan pastes a look of distress on his face.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 28 Sep. 2017
• Their boat was in distress about 2 miles offshore of Muskegon.
  — Meredith Terhaar, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2017
• Dispatch calls from that day seemed to share the same level of distress.
  — Amir Vera and Pierre Meilhan, CNN, 15 June 2020
• This is the first time she's ever faced a customer in distress.
  — Fernando Alfonso Iii, Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2017
• Of course, the oil industry was in deep distress just two years ago.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 16 Mar. 2022
• That was more of a strategic move than a sign of distress, Mr. Benioff said.
  — David Streitfeld, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• Last month Jabbari filed a civil suit against Majors accusing him of assault, battery, defamation and infliction of emotional distress.
  — EW.com, 8 Apr. 2024
• As a result of Chauvin and Thao’s conduct, the lawsuit alleged, Williams has endured emotional distress, pain, suffering, humiliation and embarrassment.
  — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 1 Apr. 2024

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distress

2 of 2 verb

• Boyfriend jeans are a huge trend, and these have just the right amount of distressing.
  — Meredith Rollins, Redbook, 30 Apr. 2014
• The surfaces of her pieces are cut, sawn, gouged, distressed, smeared.
  — Thomas Hine, Philly.com, 31 May 2018
• The cause is a mystery — and the symptoms can be distressing.
  — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 13 July 2023
• The state Distressed Unit Appeals Board is the state body that will oversee the district.
  — Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, 9 May 2017
• And, of course, hoping for the best with Irap and all horses that are injured or distressed.
  — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• A new takeover law has placed control of the district with the state Distressed Unit Appeals Board.
  — Carole Carlson, Post-Tribune, 11 May 2017
• And keepers do not expect the pandas to be distressed during the flight.
  — William Wan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
• In the same way that distressed jeans have long been a staple of men's style, faded black jeans are joining the fray.
  — Jake Woolf, GQ, 5 Apr. 2018
• Boys, avoid all circumstances that will distress the wife who has been obliged to stay home and keep up with the children.
  — Ione Quinby Griggs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2017
• Kendall said Air Force officials are distressed by the leaks.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• But just nine days into the new union, Cher, distressed by Allman's drug use, walked out.
  — Deborah Wilker, Billboard, 27 May 2017
• Within the last 12 months, to what extent did the following issue(s) cause you distress?
  — Genny Beemyn, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2021
• The woman told police that the frequent visits and gifts distressed her son.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 28 June 2017
• His back legs kept giving out, too, which appeared to distress him.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2021
• In 2017, a ship from the aid group Sea-Watch responded to distress calls from a sinking migrant boat.
  — Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2021
• In the women's singles draw, there were distressing scenes on Court No.
  — CNN, 6 July 2017
• Hearing noises from the house, and distressed by her trypophobia, Ally runs back to her house and calls the police.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Oct. 2017
• Constant itching can be distressing for both you and your pet.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2023
• Some residents of the city were distressed by the president’s visit.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2019
• Greg had a habit, distressing from my perspective, of talking a lot about BMs.
  — John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• What should distress you even more is that, before this PR nightmare, the momentum had started to swing your way.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2012
• In her lawsuit, Valentino describes being distressed by the recent death of her six-year-old son.
  — Vulture, 1 June 2023
• Both people with autism and those with anorexia tend to be rigid, detail-oriented and distressed by change.
  — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2016
• From the pilot to the finale, her cardigans were perfectly worn in, the jeans were distressed just so, and the coats were oversize without looking frumpy or sad.
  — Mekita Rivas, Glamour, 28 Sep. 2018
• The final act takes things into the realm of purer fantasy, a twist that may distress some viewers but that has been seeded in the movie from minute one.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
• Yes, comforting a child who is hurt or distressed is what parenting is all about.
  — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 24 June 2019
• Light distressing adds style to these relaxed but polished jeans.
  — The Seattle Times, 7 Sep. 2017
• This fillet was mushy to the touch and even distressing to the eye: matte and sunken, the middle of it a squishy mess with indentations that looked like an angry face.
  — Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 6 June 2017
• My mother was always distressed by the fact that so many beautiful houses were torn down.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• That’s because the jackets supplied by Aero were distressed by the costume department, to reflect the wear that Egan’s B-3 would have at various points in the series.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024