I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.    From LearnThat.org.  [Charles de Secondat.]

A ship in distress.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The patient appeared to be in distress.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The death of his wife caused him great distress.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Carl: Nations have been in distress from the days of Julius Caesar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton: U.S., OAS working to restore order in Honduras] Reference

Whose radios beeped in distress from the ground that day in December 1972?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darr, Charles E.] Reference

The conscience that runs to the call of an animal in distress is girding itself with power to do manly work in the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography] Reference

Bringing medical aid to people in distress is an attempt to defend them against what is aggressive to them as human beings.    From Wordnik.com.  [Médecins Sans Frontières - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Paul probably at this time had showed sympathy for an adversary in distress, which issued in the conversion of the latter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

There are people in distress, people even committing suicide.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anna Cuevas: Foreclosure: It Can Happen to Anyone!] Reference

High levels of distress translates into lower prices for buyers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News] Reference

The eels live and move around in distress and Stripers can't ignore it!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stripers Under Dock] Reference

My continent is in distress and has been since the beginning of slavery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uwem Akpan - An interview with author] Reference

"I know that this decision has resulted in distress and anguish," he added.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parents of nurse murdered by ex-boyfriend hear details of 'callous' killing] Reference

It was the pleading cry of a strong man in distress, but Bill's head did not turn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love of Life] Reference

A birdwoman in distress, a gaggle of ballet dancers and Jacko's massive balloon head.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kanye West's Runaway: Purple Rain or bird brains?] Reference

They shall be as men in distress at sea, when neither sun nor stars appear, Acts xxvii.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

But a revamp could be problematic if anxiety from the market's short-term distress hurts the.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to The Fed tries to convince it will be an effective regulator next time] Reference

He also became aware a passenger was in distress after he boarded the plane and saw a commotion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Security guards accused over death of man being deported to Angola] Reference

In that area the best call was a pup in distress or housecat in disstress call, and we cleaned up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Study Concludes That Coyotes Kill Pet Cats] Reference

Maybe climb up a tree, do some fawn in distress bleats, and take pictures when the does descend on him.    From Wordnik.com.  [So here is your dialemma: you are tip-toeing through the sticks with your favorite rifle when out pops a hippie clad in ty-die w] Reference

A very humble decent message which king Zedekiah, when he was in distress, sent to Jeremiah the prophet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

However, they thought it unseasonable now, when Jerusalem was in distress, and they themselves were in captivity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

Army medevac flight for a pregnant Haitian woman in distress, and his commanders had reprimanded him for his pains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder] Reference

It is even the time of Jacob's trouble, a sad time, when God's professing people shall be in distress above other people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

It seems to be a proverbial expression, bespeaking a man not only in distress but in despair, not only in danger on every side.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

Zion, in distress, said, The Lord has forsaken me, and looks after me no more; my Lord has forgotten me, and will look after me no more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

When we are in distress we should, for the encouragement of our faith and hope, observe what makes for us as well as what makes against us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference