Keep hope high even when... distressing things happen to you.

It is sad to think of so distressing a thing as this, and I for one am sincerely glad the prices are up again.

A most distressing thing happened to a friend of mine who did that.

You've seen and heard infinitely more distressing things without losing a moment's sleep.

But the most distressing thing of all was that he was always making plans, and often they went beyond the 13th!

We've all had to do distressing things to get where we are today.

One of the more distressing things about labour is the tendency to live in the past.

"Very painful and distressing things happen in villages sometimes."

But the most distressing thing about the restaurant turns out to be the wait for tables.

To pay her would soon become a distressing thing.