Next time your child is obviously distressed while doing homework, ask him to name the feeling.
Rural poverty and chronically distressed regions continue to present policymakers with unsolved problems.
The tacticians dash from skirmishto skirmish trying to control a crisis, deciding in each case whether taxpayersshould bail out a distressed bank, firm or country.
Film buffs are likely to be most distressed not by the overall cut in films on release, but by the quality and nature of what will be on offer.
HE is hardly your typical distressed seller.
The news of my mother's death distressed me greatly.
Or better still, buy secondhand denim that has been naturally distressed through use!
A present of fifty pounds, now and then, will prevent their ever being distressed for money, and will, I think, be amply discharging my promise to my father.
Corrie ten Boom, who suffered in a Nazi death camp, explained the power of focus: "If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed.
Iranians are also distressed by unprecedented oil rationing.
The new law aims to emulate the U.S. 's practice of encouraging creditors to help revive distressed businesses.
Foreign investors who snapped up distressed companies after the1997 financial crisis have often made huge profits, sparking a popular outcry that the original assets were sold too cheaply.
They're called distressed securities for a reason.
As mortgage interest rate falls, it decreases the bankruptcy risk of the borrowers and, hence, decreases distressed sales.
Even the bigger mammals had not distressed her: the monkeys that clamored in the cages and made faces at her when she came in with feed or a hose, the forlorn-looking dogs that rarely barked.
During these years of suffering and while in distressed circumstances he wrote most of his works.
What are you looking so distressed for?
During the second presidential debate he suggested that the Treasury should buy distressed mortgages and refinance them, letting borrowers enjoy more affordable rates.
Chinese carmakers have been on the prowl all year for distressed western car assets but few deals have been concluded.
The old gray wall began to advertise a similar fiery lettering to the first, with a strange and unwonted mien, as if distressed at duties it had never before been called upon to perform.
However, since you seem distressed, you shall have a chance of consulting our librarian.
Generous, good man; I am afraid he has distressed himself.
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