“Several qualified female staff expressed intense feelings of distress associated with restraining patients.”

“Both these parasitical forms of life are causing distress and hardship to average, hard-working Bermudians.”

“At the seaside, the coastguard reported a number of false alarms when ships mistook fireworks for distress flares.”

“He had done every possible act to bother and distress her, including his attempt of a confession of love to her.”

“So, I hereby grant you permission to paint that table, to distress it, to weather it, to paint it pink and stencil flowers around the edge if that pleases you.”