| 单词 | distressingly |
| 例句 | Carefully, very carefully, I climbed from the tent and put on the flashlight, which cast a distressingly feeble beam. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The garden looked distressingly poor, even with all the watering I had done and the brief rain. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not saying it distressingly—” He leaned forward and touched the buff gold bedspread. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem was that you needed something really hot–hotter even than the middle of the hottest stars–to forge carbon and iron and the other elements without which we would be distressingly immaterial. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Their lives were distressingly small in quantity, but glowingly large in quality. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In spite of two cocktails and the bottle of wine they’d shared she feels distressingly sober. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Toward dawn, when they returned to the water, their grunts echoed distressingly close by. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z From the point of view of his fellow Flatlanders, he has unaccountably disappeared from a closed room and then distressingly materialized from nowhere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked around again, but the alley was distressingly clean. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Westerberg found the station in time to catch the tail end of the Paul Harvey broadcast, and he was forced to agree: The few sketchy details made the anonymous hiker sound distressingly like his friend. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound design, for its part, is a formidable creator of dread and suspense; it emphasizes the cow’s breathing rate, which grows distressingly fast during stressful situations. ‘Cow’ Review: Dairy Cogs in the Machine 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z But even as J.D. struggles to pull off a convention miracle for his distressingly principled candidate, he must contend with a series of potential disasters in his personal life. A former Romney strategist tries the impossible: Political satire in the Trump era 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z If that’s a contradiction, it’s one that is practically impossible for humans to escape, and for many of us distressingly so. Review: Lynda Benglis Celebrates the Fluidity of Nature at Storm King 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z And thus we have a pretty good metaphor for this episode, which, after 10 “Better Call Saul”-free months, is distressingly anticlimatic. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Premiere: No Seriously, Call Saul 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z You have to wonder what Mr. Russo, who died in 1990, would say about Sonny and “Dog Day Afternoon” now, much less “The Dog” and Mr. Wojtowicz’s later, distressingly hard life. Movie Review: ‘The Dog’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z When he was playing the part of Oscar, Anderson was in his late 40s and early 50s, a bit older than my father and, distressingly, the age I am now. Perspective | Here’s to Oscar Goldman, Generation X’s first real boss 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z One zombie responded to my heavy foot with a groan that sounded distressingly real. Even the walking dead have to make a living somehow 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Gunter buys an enormous Mercedes-Benz SUV, from which he “glowered down at all the poor people in their cars, so distressingly close to the pavement, to asphalt, to general filth and humanity.” Review | In ‘The Pessimists,’ privilege collides with desperation 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Or maybe it hasn’t ended, and the field of battle is distressingly near — an explosion rumbles through the theater as the action begins. Theater Review: ‘Phoebe in Winter,’ by Jen Silverman, at the Wild Project 2013-06-11T19:21:07Z I can’t tell you more about the secret history of Big Cherry except to say it is gruesome and surely distressingly common. Review: ‘The Minutes,’ an Official History of American Horror 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z But the hurt to the city and its residents is much deeper, with profound implications for the city’s historic preservation, and the already distressingly clubby relationship between wealthy developers and city officials. New mayor’s killing of D.C. cultural project shows only money matters 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z But still the number of women on the list is distressingly low. The Great American Novelist tournament: the final 32 2012-07-23T15:19:53Z The critique doesn’t cut too deeply, and the sense of dread that seeps so distressingly into Genet’s play is pretty much absent here. Review: In ‘Chambre,’ Jack Ferver and Marc Swanson Refract a Tale of Murderous Maids 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z But The 5th Wave begins its real descent into hopelessness when Maria Bello, a marvelous actress, appears in distressingly harsh red lipstick and unflattering slicked-back hair, playing a hard-ass Army sergeant. Review: The 5th Wave Washes Out 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z “Always and Forever,” directed by Michael Fimognari with candy-cute sets, distressingly stylish costumes and vivacious cinematography, doesn’t have a hint of cynicism. ‘To All the Boys: Always and Forever’ Review: Love Sweet Love 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z When Laszlo finally penetrates the corrupt reality behind the Golden State’s fact-based facade, what he and the reader discover is a scenario distressingly familiar from dozens of other science fiction books and films. Review | Imagine a country that prioritizes truth-telling above all else. Is it an improvement? 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z You note, distressingly, that you are “literally twice the age of these people, in some cases more than twice their age.” Review: ‘Disrupted,’ a Tech Takedown by Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z “Beneath the complexity of disorganization,” she said, “the picture of society which the book presents and the panaceas it offers are distressingly naïve.” Robert M. Pirsig, Author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ Dies at 88 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Keeffe's methods are not exactly subtle but his analysis, based on his experiences as an east London reporter, is distressingly accurate. Theatre review 2010-06-10T23:09:00Z But the chaotic evil of social media means borders are permeable now, and the bar for participation is distressingly low. This ‘Imagine’ Cover Is No Heaven 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Too often, its contents look distressingly appropriate for a city with a shrinking middle class, whose architectural fabric is being ruined by a flood of new condos for rich people who don’t actually live here. ‘NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial’ Has About 100 Contributors 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z “Karl Marx City,” Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein’s unsettling new documentary, is a smart, highly personal addition to the growing syllabus of distressingly relevant cautionary political tales. Review: ‘Karl Marx City’ Revisits the Everyday Terror of Dictatorship 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z But even within that distressingly bountiful landscape, these shows — personal and ambitious, argumentative and entertaining — were worth a detour. The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z I couldn’t recall the room or the building where I’d been less than 12 hours earlier, but more distressingly, I couldn’t remember the country. What It’s Really Like to Eat Your Way Around the Globe 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z But while the French may have left behind great cuisine, they did not prepare the country well for independence, leaving Madagascar distressingly poor and politically volatile. Only in Madagascar 2010-12-20T09:00:32Z Directed by Nina Menkes, “Brainwashed” is a distressingly prescriptive documentary aimed at unpacking the patriarchal ways of seeing that have dominated the history of cinema. ‘Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power’ Review: Demystifying the Male Gaze 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Even while wheeling my distressingly dusty carry-on across the JFK terminal, I still wondered if my travel plans would collapse at any moment. Two years later, I’m still measuring life in Martini glasses 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Caroline Blackwood, his second wife, said of one of her portraits that she didn't mind being made to look so miserable, but she did mind looking "so distressingly old". Lucian Freud portrait expected to fetch ?4.5m at auction 2011-03-31T17:58:22Z It’s distressingly common among ordinary citizens in everyday life. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z “This is distressingly easy to misread,” Walker wrote on Twitter, along with a photo of the easily misinterpreted napkin. Delta napkin with 'strange wording' prompts confusion on Twitter: 'Who let this get past draft stages?' 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z But “The After” pilot is surprisingly, almost distressingly bad. ArtsBeat: On Amazon, Pilots — and Potential — on View 2014-02-07T19:17:07Z Even so, TV season seems distressingly attuned to The Great Resignation. Why the latest "What We Do in the Shadows" twist makes sense in The Great Resignation era 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z All of a sudden, a solid and familiar world looks distressingly unstable. Review: In ‘Steve,’ Contemplating Middle Age and Monogamy 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Michael may not know anything about prawns or cheese, but he’s knowledgeable about realms of experience that Noah didn’t even know existed — and suddenly the oppression of a previous century feels distressingly fresh again. Review | Emma Donoghue’s ‘Akin’ sends an odd couple to France 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Some of those discussions need to happen distressingly early. Review | Raising a boy in 2020 is tough. Three new books aimed at fathers offer some guidance. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The joke is a crude attempt at celebrating maleness but it rings distressingly hollow to anyone who has spent any time in rooms redolent with the scent of actual balls. Confessions of a Lumbersexual 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z On a distressingly hot night earlier this summer, I saw them play a late show at the Mercury Lounge, in Manhattan. Our Favorite Songs of 2018 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The decline into madness is fast and cruel: the volume prints, for the first time, Plath’s distressingly frank letters to her friend and psychiatrist, Dr. Ruth Beuscher. The Poetry I Was Grateful For in 2018 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z A decade of reporting and advocacy has made stories like his distressingly familiar. Movie Review: ‘Mea Maxima Culpa,’ Alex Gibney Documentary 2012-11-15T23:34:58Z It's a noble devotion, but one only a distressingly small number of customers share. Chabon's 'Telegraph Avenue': the vinyl soul of an Oakland street 2012-09-05T22:19:04Z Many commentators took the scene in the sept as further evidence that the show is distressingly cavalier with its use of sexual violence as a storytelling tool. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: Whispers, Threats and Baby Blues 2014-04-28T03:23:02Z To paraphrase Orwell, the English of the world wide web – loose, informal, and distressingly dyspeptic – is not really the kind people want to read in a book, a magazine, or even a newspaper. George Orwell's critique of internet English 2013-05-20T09:55:44Z This is a work in which the past casts a distressingly substantive shadow. Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ Casts a Spell Onstage 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Finding political cover to keep making huge profits was distressingly and unsurprisingly easy. ‘Frontline’ Review: Why the Climate Changed but We Didn’t 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z And he was already associated — sometimes distressingly so — with Davis’s legacy. Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Yet their themes and plotlines — featuring corrupt police officers who take their cut from drug dealers’ profits, and institutionalized racism that pays only lip service to equal opportunity — remain distressingly relevant. These Radical Black Thrillers Fantasized About Dismantling the Police 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z What initially looks to be an amiably bouncy cinematic journey turns kind of pedestrian in distressingly little time. ‘God’s Time’ Review: Saving Her From Herself 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z His style is tense and energetic, his stories are distressingly dark. The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks – review 2013-03-23T10:00:01Z But Mr. Craft’s latest revelations, couched in the language and style of scholarship, are distressingly reckless. Critic’s Notebook: Doubts Greet Claims About Stravinsky’s Sexuality 2013-07-17T21:38:33Z Mom vanishes early, driving off and distressingly ignoring cellphone calls. Review: ‘God Bless the Child’ Follows Neglected Siblings at Play 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z We don’t hear anything specific about Kirsch’s discovery except that it “boldly contradicted almost every established religious doctrine, and it did so in a distressingly simple and persuasive manner.” Review | Attention, Tom Hanks: Dan Brown’s new novel, ‘Origin,’ is ready for you 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z A contestant visits the homes of three potential romantic interests and judges them on their ability to cook and not be too distressingly weird over the course of a single evening. Is Dinner Date perfect teatime telly? 2011-07-21T12:06:31Z The first hour is riveting: The arguments about fanaticism sound distressingly current, and Serrand seems to know exactly when he can freeze the action and let a confrontation hang awkwardly in the air. Taking on a fanatic with zeal in Molière’s ‘Tartuffe’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z But for a troupe named in honor of the multicultural makeup of its dancers, it remains distressingly bland. Review: Complexions Contemporary Ballet Performs to Bach and Metallica 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z There, he judges “The Waste Land” “a most distressingly moving account of Eliot’s own agonized state of mind during the years which preceded his nervous breakdown.” 1922: The Year That Transformed English Literature 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z It is, I confess, paradoxically and distressingly difficult for me not to post about how much candy I’ve eaten on a given day. Cultural Studies: T.M.I.: I Don?t Want to Know 2012-02-10T23:24:11Z It starts with children: their voices, their statements, make their parents sicken horribly, distressingly, and ultimately fatally. The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus – review 2013-04-30T11:41:04Z Though it is among the strongest cuts, its flaws are distressingly typical of the album as a whole. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z In Naomi Alderman’s “The Future,” a not-so-far-off, distressingly authentic Earth tips over the precipice. Author event: Naomi Alderman at Third Place Books 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Some of the breakfast sandwiches transgressed in ruinous ways: served with aggressively flavored aioli, served on a bagel out of a plastic bag, served with arugula, which, friends, only gets distressingly wilty-slimy in this format. Our food critic ate 31 breakfast sandwiches to crown Seattle’s best 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z The legal fate of abortion pills is still distressingly up in the air. Trump judge: Women owe us more sonograms 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Pierce conjectures that they “might distressingly be referring to attempts by the victims of those bloody episodes to fight back.” Column: The story behind that Florida school curriculum that whitewashed slavery keeps getting worse 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z “They have been distressingly common over the last few years.” Gun violence rocks nation over holiday weekend, with multi-victim shootings in at least 7 states 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z "These funding cuts will have far-reaching consequences, including redundancies, reduced services, increased pressure on statutory bodies, and, most distressingly, direct harm to our most vulnerable and marginalised children." NI Budget 2023: Department of Health cuts will bring community groups 'to the brink' 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z During that same span, death rates among Hispanic, Black and Native American residents remained at generally the same, distressingly high levels. COVID deaths were cut nearly in half in 2022, but disease is still a top killer, especially in the South 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z The evidence is just distressingly limited either way — which is precisely why this debate gets so fraught. Opinion | Missouri’s effort to limit gender treatments for adults is a bad idea 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Cartel violence is distressingly common in Tamaulipas, one of six Mexican states that the State Department warns Americans to avoid because of crime. How a Missed Tummy Tuck in Mexico Led to a Deadly Kidnapping 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z The lack of a theatrical center of gravity has been distressingly obvious, but Feldman has been filling the breach. Commentary: The best theater in L.A. right now? It's in Pasadena 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z I also note an absence that’s often distressingly present at family-restaurant tables where children don’t get their adults’ attention: desperate ploys to get their adults’ attention. Advice | Carolyn Hax: How sad is it when parents stare at their phones? 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Its instructions, which later proved distressingly inadequate, expressed in spare terms how a standard pilot procedure could get the crew out of trouble. Final report on Boeing 737 MAX crash sparks dispute over pilot error 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z That was only the latest of these "dumping" stunts conducted by Republican governors, usually accompanied with rhetoric that sounds distressingly like that used on neo-Nazi websites. The hell with "compassionate conservatism": In 2023, expect all MAGA sadism, all the time 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z The sight of ambulances lined up for hours outside hospitals has become distressingly familiar in Wales, which last month recorded its worst wait times ever for life-threatening emergency calls. One Day With an Ambulance in Britain: Long Waits, Rising Frustration 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z But the remark was still striking, because this sort of boring admission is exceptionally, distressingly rare among public officials. Opinion | In praise of public officials who can admit when they got things wrong 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z In 2016, a distressingly large number of people were able to tell themselves that it was OK to vote for Trump because his wealth must mean he's smarter than he seems. Is America's infatuation with billionaires finally coming to an end? 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Born in Haifa and growing up in a city in which Jews and Arabs mixed, Ayoub slowly discovers a severely restricted Israeli theater scene and a distressingly intolerant society. Review | 2 D.C. plays put wit and warmth on the map, from Ireland to Israel 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z In California, which had been distressingly dry, a few inches of rain would bring needed relief, but a soaking could cause landslides on steep mountain slopes already stripped bare by wildfire. Better Atmospheric River Forecasts Are Giving Emergency Planners More Time to Prepare for Flooding 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z It is music applied to make the artificial real, the real bearable, decay delectable, bad behavior distressingly engrossing, sex disturbingly unerotic and landscape an outdoor cabinet of wonders. Commentary: At 80, Peter Greenaway remains film's reigning musical maverick 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z It’s distressingly easy to find examples of the syndrome on both sides of our partisan and cultural crevasse. Opinion | Sincerity in policy debates? Of course. Seriousness? That’s another matter. 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z The survey, taken in late April and covering 1,500 adults, also found a distressingly high level of support for assassinating politicians whom the respondents believed were “harming the country or our democracy.” Majority of Republicans believe U.S. headed toward civil war: Poll 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Because we experience the horror of gun massacres at a remove, they tend to drift out of public consciousness in a distressingly short time span. Column: Uvalde demonstrates our cowardice about guns 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Polling demonstrates that a distressingly large number of young men long for old-fashioned gender roles. Amber Heard on trial: Johnny Depp's defamation case is radicalizing young men 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z With Biden’s approval ratings distressingly low, and more fires to put out daily, maybe it hasn’t seemed useful to listen to the economists, and take on unnecessary political risks. Opinion | Democrats need more tough love on their misguided economic policies 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z “In an era where the global institutions of democracy look distressingly fragile, Canada is a model of determination and humanity,” Charles said. Prince Charles in Newfoundland to start Canadian tour 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z And when it comes to authoritarians threatening platform employees, tech companies have distressingly few options available to them. How Facebook undercut the Oversight Board 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Similarly, in sections of “City of Cinema” devoted to “ethnographic” and travelogue films of the era, the dynamics of representation — who wields the camera, what bodies are erased or objectified or exociticized — look distressingly familiar. Perspective | An L.A. museum pays homage to film’s birthplace (hint: It isn’t L.A.) 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The derogatory, and distressingly common, titles would be preserved in history books, where they can accurately portray the flaws in the worldviews of the explorers and colonizers who bestowed those names. WA’s place names should inspire, not degrade 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z In wartime, the sacrifices journalists and photojournalists make become distressingly clear. Opinion | A Fallen Journalists Memorial will honor what journalists died in Ukraine to protect 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z This results in distressingly high and inequitable rates of incarceration while the safety and livability of our city declines. Restorative justice: Root causes of crime 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z It feels neither historical nor fantastical, and the seams on this thing are distressingly apparent. Review: 'The King's Daughter' puts a dim mermaid spin on the Sun King 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Nostalgia became a default listening mode — and for me, the cumulative oldness felt distressingly new. Perspective | 20 ways of thinking about nostalgia from a year of backward listening 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z The first minister added that the precautionary steps feel "distressingly similar" to ones taken last Christmas, but said: "Although it might not feel like it, we are in a much stronger position than last year." Crowds vastly reduced for Scottish sport 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z As we approach next year’s midterm elections, though, there is distressingly little progress to be found. Deplatforming Trump didn’t work 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z He lamented in distressingly personal terms the damage in his father’s hometown, Dawson Springs, one of the locations hit hardest by the tornado and one that he toured Saturday. For Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a term defined by crisis grows more calamitous 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z The new special, which cribs an ending from “It’s a Wonderful Life,” is almost distressingly sentimental, but given the premise, the times and the context, I don’t suppose there is a way around it. The first 'Peanuts' special in a decade drops today. We compare it to the classics 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z The result is a somatic landscape that seeks to cultivate a sense of collectivity during a distressingly isolating and disjointed time. An immersive sonic experience marks the Industry's return to live performance 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, the execution is distressingly messy, a chaotic tangle of storylines. 4 movies open Oct. 15 at Seattle-area theaters; here’s what to see 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z But the execution is distressingly messy, a chaotic tangle of too many storylines. Review: Neither trick nor treat, 'Halloween Kills' is just a messy letdown 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Another was distressingly familiar — a defense that after a few bright moments early was stunningly feeble. QB Russell Wilson injured in Seahawks’ 26-17 loss to the Rams 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z What’s more, oil and gas spills and leaks are distressingly common, with thousands occurring in the United States each year. Fossil fuels are astonishingly harmful. The Orange County oil spill is just a reminder 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The recommendations had a lot of support during an election year for Mr. de Blasio, even as some reformists found them distressingly pragmatic. Why Is Rikers Island Still Open? 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z For instance, much of Earth seems to lack a distressingly large one-billion-year chunk of the geologic record, a glaring omission that geologists refer to somewhat ominously as the Great Uncomformity. Fungi Might Have Helped Drag the Planet Out of its ‘Snowball Earth’ Phase 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z McClain, a massage therapist who loved animals and played the violin, and Arbery, a former high school football standout who loved to run, came distressingly close to being added to that list of the forgotten. Opinion | Indictments in the cases of Elijah McClain and Ahmaud Arbery are needed steps toward accountability 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z But distressingly, most businesses don’t want to play in that arena. Opinion | Worrying About Your Carbon Footprint Is Exactly What Big Oil Wants You to Do 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Power out, high voltage lines on the ground, possibly weeks until electricity is restored in some places: The dismal state of power in Hurricane Ida’s wake is a distressingly familiar scenario for Entergy Corp., Hurricane Ida turns spotlight on Louisiana power grid issues 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z The impact on hospitals is at once distressingly familiar and strikingly different from previous surges, clinicians say. The delta variant is putting America’s hospitals back in crisis mode 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z The scene employs a distressingly silly use of garbage bags to address, brilliantly, the way Stefani sees Zola and how the world is primed to devalue her. How She Transformed a Viral Twitter Thread About Sex Work Into a Sinister Comedy 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z This discrimination trend helps explain why youth unemployment among Black workers remains distressingly high. Analysis | For Black workers, age discrimination strikes twice 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Yes, consumer surveys and financial markets suggest inflation expectations are up, but not distressingly so. Opinion | Don’t freak out about inflation yet 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z But for all the physical changes in the city, some aspects remained, distressingly, unchanged. George Floyd: The murder that drove America to the brink 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z While some states in New England and the Midwest are grappling with distressingly high case rates, others — including California — are seeing rates remain relatively low. South African and Brazilian coronavirus variants land in L.A. 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z And his almost nonstop tweeting — late into the night and distressingly early in the morning — showed that he was addicted to instant attention. Donald Trump is an attention addict — his appearance at CPAC will offer the latest proof 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z This sounds distressingly like a coach planning to kill the game and escape with a point to me. West Ham v West Brom: Premier League – live! 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Many Republicans — a distressingly substantial number — would still raise their hands as die-hard Trump supporters. Opinion | Trump must be punished for what he did this week — and checked from doing worse 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z From the distressingly large number of examples comes one filed in Morgan County this week. Editorial Roundup: Alabama 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Coronavirus cases are beginning to trend distressingly upward in the state and are skyrocketing in many parts of the nation. As coronavirus surges in California, more counties expected to restrict reopenings 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Timely mail service fell to distressingly low levels a week out from the presidential election, according to new data from the U.S. Millions of mail ballots have not been returned as window closes for Postal Service delivery 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, warned earlier this week that the “distressingly high” levels of violence threaten to derail the peace talks. Taliban rockets kill 4 civilians in northern Afghanistan 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z On Monday, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan warned that “distressingly high” levels of violence, notably in the Taliban stronghold of Helmand province. threaten to derail peace talks being held in the Qatari capital, Doha, NATO chief rules out rushed, early exit from Afghanistan 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z “Violence today remains distressingly high in spite of the recent reaffirmation of the need for substantial reduction.” Khalilzad warns violence could undermine Afghan talks 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z If protecting white supremacy requires abandoning bedrock American values, such as the universal right to vote, so-called conservatives seem distressingly eager to do so. Trump calls dead U.S. troops "suckers" and "losers": Why don't his voters even care? 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Perhaps most distressingly, Atlas is reportedly behind Trump's new enthusiasm for "herd immunity," which is the latest euphemism for a non-policy letting the coronavirus run rampant, like a nationwide chicken pox party. How anti-choice propaganda trained Republicans to accept Trump's coronavirus denialism 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z The 157 years since his father’s birth had once seemed like “a solid gap,” but now the time strikes him as distressingly brief. At 88, he is a historical rarity — the living son of a slave 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z Information about how to avoid the virus was distressingly sparse and confusing as local and federal officials sparred about the severity of the pandemic and how best to contain it. A ‘Glorious Poetic Rage’ 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “The motion passed unanimously, but just 20 minutes later, a Christ Church student – husting for a committee position – made a distressingly unpleasant and distasteful joke about George Floyd,” she said. Oxford University race row over George Floyd ‘joke’ at hustings event 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Already the signs are that the number of deaths in care homes from coronavirus is going to be distressingly high. Care home staff struggle to get coronavirus tests 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Smart home speakers record our private conversations, and smartphones track users with distressingly accurate precision. Editorial Roundup: New York 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z But as Kaplan distressingly notes, U.S. use of nuclear weapons pivots on guessing what the Russians might do in any given scenario. Review: `The Bomb’ author writes of dangers of nuclear war 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z According to the most generous estimate, the little-red-hat boys are roughly 25 percent of the U.S. population — a distressingly large faction, but not exactly an impenetrable force field of political protection. Trump's real base isn't the famous "white working class" — it's the billionaire class 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z And distressingly, another whose pain is so great, it drove him to contemplate suicide. 'Further victims' of rapist Sinaga come forward 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z A distressingly high number of female U.S. lawyers — 63% — also reported being bullied at work. More than half of female lawyers report being sexually harassed at work, study finds | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z But 25 years later, distressingly little has changed. Opinion | Don’t Blame Tech Bros for the Housing Crisis 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Not only did Buttigieg go after Warren with distressingly conservative talking points, he seemed generally ready to rumble with anyone on stage. Heavyweight draw: Biden, Warren both walk away winners from fourth Democratic debate 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Yet requesting an unusual meeting at a sidewalk cafe might strike your partner as distressingly ominous. 10 Tips to Avoid Leaving Tracks Around the Internet 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z What may be a distressingly hideous feature to humans often belies evolutionary genius, which fascinates me so much that I wrote and illustrated a whole children’s book full of them. Most people avoid ugly animals. I'm obsessed with them | Sami Bayly 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z This was the brand’s first ready-to-wear show after the damaging backlash against a sweater whose design looked distressingly like blackface. Gucci model stages mental health protest at Milan fashion week 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z In the absence of scruples, the answer was distressingly simple. The horrific consequences of rubber's toxic past 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z I see no point in researching or repeating some of the claims and counter-claims made across Twitter and other platforms — but a great deal of it was distressingly Trumpy, well before the president leapt in. Understanding the AOC vs. Pelosi feud: It's not a "catfight" but a long-term power struggle 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Fake news means a distressingly large portion of the electorate is misled and largely uneducated. Opinion | Can democracy survive the Internet? 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z In its wake, our national discourse is distressingly pockmarked by belligerence and cries of “fake news” designed to sow mistrust in the factual reporting of events. Mueller should testify before Congress 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Facebook’s inability to meet this challenge became distressingly clear in the aftermath of the Christchurch shooting in New Zealand this year. Using AI to screen live video of terrorism is ‘very far from being solved,’ says Facebook AI chief 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z But, as has become distressingly apparent over the years, it’s actually truth wrapped in truth. Repealing the 20th century 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z As Varys pointed out in the last episode: “The balance has grown distressingly even.” For better or worse, the Iron Throne is Game of Thrones’ endgame 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Still, “Peterloo” chimes with distressingly familiar echoes of today, from an early example of “fake news” to the depredations of inhumane wealth inequality and militarized law enforcement. Review | Mike Leigh’s powers of observation and storytelling fail him in ‘Peterloo’ 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, loneliness among older people is at distressingly high levels, and it appears that knowing your neighbours is a thing of the past. The joys (and pains) of living alone | Paul Fleckney 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z They visited communities and toured health centers here, which were invariably depressing—dirty, poorly equipped, and distressingly empty. A prescription for Madagascar’s broken health system: data and a focus on details 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z A relentless dismantling of identity, a difficult jewel of a poem: painfully candid one minute, in your face the next — and as we approach Martin Luther King Jr. Day, still distressingly apropos. Poem: Dark 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z There survives remarkably — or distressingly — little pioneer evidence as to where Seattle’s first Skid Road was constructed. It’s a slippery slope of activity on Seattle’s Skid Road 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z “The country’s strategic margin for error has become distressingly small. Doubts about America’s ability to deter and, if necessary, defeat opponents and honor its global commitments have proliferated.” U.S. Military’s Global Edge Has Diminished, Strategy Review Finds 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Since the night they met, as two aspiring writers in England—Plath, fresh out of Smith on a Fulbright; Hughes, a loamy Yorkshire giant—violence was distressingly adjacent to the sexual charge. Sylvia Plath’s Last Letters 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Experts in political violence said the attempted bombings seemed distressingly in line with the dehumanizing us vs. them tenor that has marked the current political discourse. Explosive Devices Add to Climate of Overheated Partisan Rancor 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z That was the first time I’d ever seen an echo chamber constructed so rapidly and distressingly, right before my eyes. The First Man controversy is grounded in partisanship, not patriotism 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The trailer for “Peppermint” garnered rightful criticism for what looked to be distressingly problematic representations of Latinos as drug-dealing, face-tatted thugs stalking white families, and that’s unfortunately what the film delivers. Review: Jennifer Garner revenge film 'Peppermint' thinks too small 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Like the emails they have been distressingly poor. Premier League team news, Mourinho, Klopp, Kewell: weekend football countdown live! 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z There seems to be no fudge, no disaster, no incompetence to which Britain’s current, distressingly myopic and feckless batch of politicians refuse to stoop, be they in government or opposition. Auf wiedersehen, Britain: Brexit is forcing my German family to leave the country we call home 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z India’s constitution guarantees religious freedom, but Mr. Modi often remains distressingly silent when Hindu mobs lynch innocent Muslims on suspicion of killing a cow. I Think I’m Going to Kathmandu, Say the Chinese 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Maxwell the vapors — is bloody, bawdy and distressingly hilarious. ‘Hand to God’ at Seattle Public Theater: a gut-wrenching (and lewd) tragicomedy — with puppets 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z While mass shootings are relatively rare, gun-related deaths of minors - age 17 and younger - are distressingly common. Dozens of children in Virginia fatally shot each year 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z After showing incredible basketball intelligence and a distressingly inconsistent shot, Ball said he is headed into “pretty much the biggest summer of my life.” Lakers’ big summer looms after 5 straight losing seasons 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z His petulant spats with Mayor DeBlasio points to a petty, jealous, small minded egotist distressingly similar to Trump; a man who holds grudges that hurt taxpayers and just wants to be adored. The Gendered Politics of Andrew Cuomo, Emasculator in Chief 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Activists in Los Angeles say police shootings are still distressingly numerous. Anatomy of a Los Angeles Police Shooting: A Black Teenager, a Missing Gun, Protests, Grief 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Stories like these are distressingly familiar, as more and more states pass laws that make voting harder for certain groups of voters, usually minorities, but also poor people, students and the elderly. Opinion | Vote. That’s Just What They Don’t Want You to Do. 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z For others, the news was also distressingly personal, coming months after the city rallied to help Ms. Barry mourn her 22-year-old son, who died of a drug overdose in July. Megan Barry, Nashville Mayor, Pleads Guilty to Theft and Agrees to Resign 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Overall, Amazon Go’s Chicken Teriyaki with Spinach tasted distressingly like People Chow: protein + starch + sauce + veg = worker-fuel. How does the food actually taste at Amazon Go? 6 Amazon-style reviews of Seattle’s new checkout-free store 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Sad story: “Suicide is distressingly common among current and former California prison employees. The guards’ union counts 96 confirmed or suspected suicides among current and retired members between 1999 and 2015.” Essential California: Flooding, mudflows from heavy rains leave 13 dead in Southern California 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z One mother told me that these accounts, distressingly, often had nothing posted but pictures of infants. Inside the High-Drama World of Youth Competition Dance 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The crime itself is distressingly familiar - there have been numerous instances in the past few years of Muslims being brutally and publicly killed. The rage and hatred behind a public murder 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z After the “abomination” column, Texas State turned into a furious, distressingly familiar theater of denunciation and counter-denunciation. Opinion | An Abomination. A Monster. That’s Me? 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z And in Houston, as in many parts of the country, 100-year floods are distressingly common. Developers Said Their Homes Were Out of a Flood Zone. Then Harvey Came. 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z The United States is currently locked in a heated and distressingly circular argument about what that means, and what kind of country it is and should and will be. Baseball no longer a supergiant but it is still the most American of sports 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z “That anyone associated with our university would choose to associate with Mr. Trump shows distressingly poor judgment,” it added. University of North Texas faculty protest Donald Trump Jr. invitation: This ‘cannot stand’ 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Most distressingly for people, toxic compounds that are associated with plastic transfer to and bioaccumulate in fish tissues. The bad news is that fish are eating lots of plastic. Even worse, they may like it. 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Critics are right that we in the national media are often out of touch with working-class America, and distressingly often, we are lap dogs instead of watchdogs. A free, if flawed, press is an essential check on flawed leaders 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Most distressingly for people, toxic compounds such as PBDEs that are associated with plastic transfer to and bioaccumulate in fish tissues. Bait and Switch: Anchovies Eat Plastic Because It Smells Like Prey 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Most distressingly to Massa, he is only able to afford to send four of his five children to school. Drying Climate Threatens Africa’s Coffee, But Hope Remains 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z He has found that the framing device is aging distressingly well. Trump as a Novel: An Implausible ‘Soap Opera Without the Sex and Fun’ 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z “Sheltering in place” because of an “active shooter situation” once might have sounded unfamiliar but, distressingly, now rings completely routine. Perspective | ‘Active shooter’ used to refer to sportsmen. Now you cringe when you hear it. 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Critics are right that we in the national media are often out of touch with working-class America, and distressingly often, we are lap dogs instead of watchdogs. A free, if flawed, press is an essential check on flawed leaders 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z They’ve also been distressingly obsessed with forcing their heroes through protracted existential crises instead of letting them be heroes. Wonder Woman is a tremendous win for a franchise that desperately needed one 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Terrorism aside, a distressingly large number of Muslims are in open revolt against French cultural and political norms. The Prophet of France’s Fracture 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z That these grisly acts and images are never interrogated results in a distressingly, thuddingly tedious experience. Ultra-violent Southern noir 'My Father Die' is all style, no substance 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z A gluey sauce didn’t help matters, but the noodles had been unmistakably, distressingly overcooked. Why sending something back at a restaurant is perfectly fine — and how to do it right 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z “That list included a distressingly large number of false positives,” he said. Trump and Julian Assange, an Unlikely Pair, Unite to Sow Hacking Doubts 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Yet those otherwise diverse student bodies remain distressingly affluent. Make colleges affordable to working class students of all races 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z More distressingly, the very nature of Trump’s campaign—its venomous bigotry, its radioactive contempt, its tribalism—may have already diminished Obama’s significant cultural achievements. Barack Obama in Defeat 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z He was distressingly effective at selling it; the fact that he could barely control himself was integral to what he was selling–spontaneity, authenticity, strut. What Comes Next With President Trump 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The anger, fear and desperation felt deeply in many communities prompted the worst impulses of some candidates and made for, at times, a distressingly dismal spectacle of an election. Jon Huntsman: How to Find Peace After the Election 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But the police use of force — sometimes lethal — against those with diminished mental capacity is distressingly common. When ‘Yelling Commands’ Is the Wrong Police Response 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z When Meadors finished speaking with reporters the temperature was 95 degrees and it distressingly hot even in the shade. The heat is on as the UCLA football team moves training camp to sweltering San Bernardino 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z In fact, the back and forth with the Khans was distressingly normal compared with these other episodes. Trump Runs Against Both Parties 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Little is known about how the group obtained this information, but medical hacks of this kind have become distressingly common. An Ohio clinic is the latest in a long series of health care breaches 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Such conservatives are eager to bring presidential power back within constitutional constraints, and Kaine is among the distressingly small minority of national legislators interested in increased congressional involvement in authorizing the use of military force. Can Clinton do in 2016 what Reagan did in 1980? 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z The turbulence felt close, sometimes distressingly so, for many churchgoers. On a Somber Sunday, ‘One Nation Under God Examines Its Soul’ 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z “Members cited examples of hateful incidents directed against non-British people in their constituencies over the weekend, and equally distressingly, against people from ethnic minorities born here in Wales,” he said. Cameron condemns xenophobic and racist abuse after Brexit vote 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The raw patties look distressingly like raw meat. It looks like a burger, tastes like a burger – but it's a plant 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z In the United States, the answer seems to be distressingly far. Our Childhood Poverty Is a Global Embarrassment 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z But even though they have the most right, and the most responsibility, to call Cap and Iron Man to account for their actions, they're both distressingly willing to do whatever they're told. Captain America: Civil War is a satisfying clash of ideas and fists 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Last month the Financial Times quoted Bloomberg as saying he found the campaign discussions "distressingly banal" and considering running for president. Ex-NYC Mayor Bloomberg says he will not enter presidential race 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z If he performs well in those states and the distressingly large number of other states he’s currently leading, then we’ll very soon be talking about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Is President Trump possible? The obvious answer is “no,” but it’d be silly to underestimate him again if he faces Hillary or Bernie 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z It’s also distressingly similar to the popular cartoon emojis for the iPhone, the ones that show you images of yourself in various poses. Death, the Prosperity Gospel and Me 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z "I find the level of discourse and discussion distressingly banal and an outrage and an insult to the voters," he said. Michael Bloomberg 'looking at' US presidency bid - BBC News 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Many also told the researchers that they believed that a gluten-free diet would reduce digestive problems, which are distressingly common among athletes. When Athletes Go Gluten Free 1460-02-20T05:00:00Z Yet over the past few months candidates on both sides of the aisle have said distressingly little about K-12 education – and what they have said has been troubling at times. Put Charter Schools Back in the 2016 Debate 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z This kind of openness is distressingly rare for civil disobedience cases in American courts. Civil disobedience often leads to jail. But now, protestors can explain themselves | Tim DeChristopher 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The equipment is set up, yet the stage remains distressingly empty. Video killed the radio star, but it enlivened the old 9:30 Club 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z As a result, experts are distressingly good at seeming to disagree even when they agree. Diet, Discord and Diversionary Tactics 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z But it's a distressingly popular thing to suggest, especially if you are leading in the Republican presidential race. Pressing a Muslim Reformation 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z After all, experts cite that mergers fail to achieve their desired goals – improved earnings, lower costs, or moves into new markets – at a distressingly high rate of anywhere from 65% to 90%. Raised interest rates may end biggest merger boom the world has ever seen 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Instead, the young couple fit a profile now distressingly familiar when looking at other recent acts of terrorism in the United States. Tashfeen Malik was 'modern girl' who began posting extremist messages on Facebook 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z At one point, the mistress pulls the wife’s pants down in a distressingly slapstick fashion. The 33 trivializes the Chilean mining accident, and it’s also boring 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z The pattern is distressingly familiar in only one regard - the murderers are typically young men with some mental health issues and access to guns. Editorials from around Oregon 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z It sounds distressingly at home in a medley with I Love This Town and Born Free. Baseball's postseason music makes me want to scratch out my eardrums | Dave Bry 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Given Ward’s dedication to charting how fact fed storytelling and how imagination built on truth, the author distressingly blends the two at times. Separating fact from fiction in Dashiell Hammett’s life and work 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z He’s always sounded distressingly stiff on these get-loose songs, yet he’s enjoyed immense success singing them. Here’s why Luke Bryan can’t top Sam Hunt’s party next door 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z When we meet she is dressed in a pair of army-style camouflage pants and a tank top, a black headscarf covering up her hair that she finds distressingly male. 'I am Alena': life as a trans woman where survival means living as Christopher 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The same social media that is shaming Dolezal has also aggregated the distressingly numerous killings of African-Americans by the police into a singular statement on racism and inequality. Rachel Dolezal’s ‘Passing’ Isn’t So Unusual 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Rather, it showed that rates of heart disease in the United States were distressingly high and fairly constant across a rather modest range of saturated fat intake. Dietary Fats for the Fatuous 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Cambodia is a source of labor for neighboring countries, where exploitation and slavery are distressingly common. A safer home for Cambodia’s girls 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Most distressingly, the fuel gauge started to show a perpetually full tank, even when it was empty. How To Improve Customer Service, Customer Success At Your SaaS Company 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z Actually, and most distressingly, even the watch is slow in the sense that there’s a noticeable lag in the screen lighting up when you raise your wrist. Did Apple Flub The Timing Of The Apple Watch? 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Tragic stories of bombs unexpectedly detonating are distressingly common. One Woman’s Mission to Free Laos From Millions of Unexploded Bombs 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z But in actual usage — especially when streaming YouTube or playing games — I got less than that, sometimes distressingly less. Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge review 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z This is what concerned the Harvard president Charles Eliot in 1889 when, to his dismay, he discovered that the grades of freshman football players over a two-year period were distressingly low. The Good That Can Come Out of Freshman Ineligibility 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z For many Catholics, issues such as religious persecution, forced conversion and martyrdom are distressingly current. A Test of Faith in Brutal Captivity 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z In fact, the oil spill and fire on the banks of the Kanawha River was the latest occurrence of a type of accident that U.S. officials say is becoming distressingly common. Trains are carrying — and spilling — a record amount of oil 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z More distressingly, with Flipboard you also lose the vibrant editorial voice of individual magazines. Flipboard comes to the web, and it’s beautiful 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z For many in Germany, the fundamentalist threat evokes the era of the Berlin Wall, when mistrust and ideological divides, even among neighbors, were distressingly common. Germany walks a fine line amid rising anti-Muslim sentiment 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Perhaps most distressingly, he was missing throws that were first reads. Three Thoughts: Seahawks' Defense Shines Again in Crucial Win Over 49ers 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z More distressingly, survivors tangle with unresolved matters in dreams. Dreaming of the Departed 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Mass graves and body dumpings are distressingly regular news. U.S. Supreme Court Should Have Held Ex-Mexican President Zedillo Accountable 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z A CBS News poll released Friday showed that American confidence in federal agencies is distressingly low. Dave Chappelle’s status as racial commentator-in-chief reflects loss of faith in leaders and institutions 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z And that already distressingly high number rises to 90% when you consider just women who are earning the federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13. The problem with 'Ted Talk' feminism 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Then there’s the casual objectification of women, whether in newspapers like the Sun or in magazines, or whether it be in leers on the street, as distressingly documented by the EverydaySexism project. Men need to stand together with Emma Watson against misogyny 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z A distressingly close encounter above the South China Sea three weeks ago complicated matters. Spy vs. Spy 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z It is distressingly common to see Page 3 girls displayed on the walls of auto repair shops, forming a potent distraction for the mechanics and turning their minds away from the job in hand. Sight Of Naked Breasts 'Old Fashioned' Says Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch. Here's 5 Reasons To Agree 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z But other ills are distressingly specific—like the prevalence of domestic violence. Hunting for dividends 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The latest news out of Iraq has to be encouraging for the vocal and distressingly influential sect of politicians and commentators who consider American military power the best and only solution to international strife. McCain & co.’s horrifying return: As bombs fall on Iraq, hawks seize their moment 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z But among China’s elderly, it remains distressingly high. China's Rural Elderly Don't Get Enough Medical Care 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z George’s leg was at a distressingly sharp angle when the rest of his body landed. Paul George horror injury exposes fears for international basketball 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z That case won notoriety for its extreme barbarity, but similar attacks are distressingly common. The final frontier 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z And despite efforts by the authorities, particularly after the unmasking of Bernard L. Madoff in 2008 in the largest Ponzi scheme in history, these frauds still surface distressingly often around the country. Despite Exposure of Madoff Fraud, New Ponzi Schemes Emerge 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Using either one in bright sunlight is basically impossible, though, and yet somehow they’re both distressingly bright in the dark — to the point where you’ll have to cover your wrist or risk being called out. LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live review: the first Google watches 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z As it turns out, bad behavior by judges has become distressingly common across Florida in recent months. In Broward County, Fla., Spate of Judges in D.U.I. Arrests 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z It’s a familiar setup, with distressingly stock characters, whom Tully doesn’t invest with much by way of imagination or originality. ‘Ping Pong Summer’ takes a sweet, if uneven, glance back at kids coming of age in Ocean City in the 1980s. It took all night before it began to wear off, distressingly slowly. Trying Colo. marijuana, with bad results 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z New network shows often ape successful formulas, sometimes distressingly so. Networks’ plea to viewers: Watch now! 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Authoritarian leaders in countries such as China, Cuba and Russia are distressingly good at crushing dissent on the streets. Web warriors cause big bother for Big Brother 2014-02-19T02:04:00Z Kolbert, a contributing writer for the New Yorker, argues that we are now in the midst of a sixth extinction, one distressingly of our own making. Book Review: The Sixth Extinction 2014-02-17T12:00:00Z But there is distressingly little evidence of better health outcomes associated with the current high rate of scans. Op-Ed Contributors: We Are Giving Ourselves Cancer 2014-01-31T02:26:49Z As a result, we conclude that the discontent at MD Anderson is emblematic of distressingly low morale at centres around the country. Biomedical burnout 2013-08-28T17:20:40.300Z “It was distressingly difficult to get back on track,” Hewlett told me. The Opt-Out Generation Wants Back In 2013-08-07T09:00:02Z For such a hot topic, the available data are, as a report from the Council on Foreign Relations puts it, “distressingly sparse”. The US-Mexico border: Secure enough 2013-06-20T15:05:37Z We’ve seen populations of bacteria adapt to the hostile action of antibiotics and, distressingly, emerge resistant. Reverse Biological Engineering: Tinkering with Life Teaches Us How It Began [Excerpt] 2013-06-14T14:15:04.767Z With high-concept projects such as this, there tend to be two outcomes: something blissfully weird or distressingly odd. Classical music refashioned 2013-06-04T12:59:01Z It is distressingly easy to find all of these images online. Woolwich killing highlights power of mobile technology as a news source 2013-05-23T21:15:08Z On the contrary, distressingly high rates of unemployment in both the United States and Europe indicate a shortfall of labor demand. Today's Economist: Nancy Folbre: The Welfare Queen of Denmark 2013-04-29T10:00:27Z One, distressingly, is now writing a blog about motherhood. Munchausen by Internet: Faking Illnesses Online 2012-12-01T05:05:22Z The study's lead author said the result is "distressingly similar" to racial differences seen in data from the 1990s, despite public health efforts to address them. Heart risks still higher in blacks than whites 2012-11-06T21:29:56Z Their numbers in settings like Stuyvesant and Bronx Science are distressingly low compared with their share of the overall public-school population. City Room: The Day: At Elite Schools, a Single Test Comes Under Review 2012-10-15T13:31:09Z U.S. job creation grew at a distressingly slow pace in August, as employers added just 96,000 positions and more discouraged people stopped looking for work, the Labor Department reported Friday. U.S. adds 96,000 jobs in August; unemployment rate drops to 8.1 percent 2012-09-07T17:20:00Z For example, a distressingly high percentage of students at for-profit colleges fail to graduate. For-Profit Colleges Thrashed In Congressional Report 2012-08-02T21:42:11Z They may well lose, and if they do history will record their Test Championship reign as distressingly hapless. England v South Africa – live! 2012-08-02T09:30:00Z The list of games at which humans can still defeat robots is growing distressingly short. The Robots Have Already Won (at Roshambo) 2012-07-23T14:23:15Z Such attacks are becoming distressingly common in 21st Century India. The dangers of the mob in India 2012-07-19T17:40:33Z The risk of a breakup of the euro is distressingly high. Today's Economist: Laura D'Andrea Tyson: What Must Be Done Now to Save the Euro? 2012-06-29T10:00:14Z What’s more, the real heart of “End This Depression” is distressingly thin. Books of The Times: Paul Krugman and Timothy Noah on the Economy 2012-06-12T13:54:22Z In the Washington, tech writer Joshua Topolsky at the latest batch of allegedly cutting-edge smart phones and finds them all distressingly same-y: Slab after slab, no keyboards, no color. Is Silicon Valley's Golden Age of Innovation Dead? 2012-06-05T18:20:00Z In the Washington Post, tech writer Joshua Topolsky takes a look at the latest batch of allegedly cutting-edge smart phones and finds them all distressingly same-y. Is Innovation Dead -- Or Doing Just Fine, Thank You? 2012-05-25T06:15:00Z In New Orleans, murders follow a distressingly similar pattern. Letter From New Orleans: To Lower Murder Rate, New Orleans Focuses on Police Force 2012-04-01T16:10:06Z Where this solemn paving was used to be, are spread now, over the nave of the church, coloured tiles that wear a neat and cleanly, but distressingly secular, look. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old 2012-03-25T02:00:04.800Z And the days that now remained for that were distressingly few. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z But adequate promotion of such centers has been distressingly absent from the Obama administration’s education policy. School health clinics face obstacles ? and how Arne Duncan could help 2012-02-26T15:45:00Z To the front, in the High Street, there is much that is distressingly modern. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z He was foolish and gay and distressingly healthy; under no pressure whatever could he bud into a hero. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z It shows the monks as distressingly human, tormented by the same impulses that beset the laity. India Ink: Rattled Heritage: Sikkim's Monasteries after the Quake 2012-01-23T06:53:56Z Doris had kept his mind distressingly clear with her comments. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Squire calls it replenishment Monday syndrome for a couple of reasons, most of which are distressingly familiar to retailers. 'Tis the Season to Give Shopping Malls the Shaft 2011-12-18T15:16:16Z “Now, Miss Sphinx,” she said, “do you think you could come down from the clouds for five minutes and discuss anything so distressingly earthy as clothes?” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z The ordinary affairs of life could not be neglected even if the issues at stake were distressingly serious. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z He was still distinctly unsettled, and most distressingly on the alert. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z A few Philadelphians had interested themselves in their past, otherwise the Historical Society would not have existed, but they were distressingly few. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z In a somewhat similar case, more recently, Njĕmbĕ sued a missionary, he having assaulted them when they refused to remove their distressingly noisy camp from a too great proximity to the mission grounds. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Nevertheless, they continue, “reducing or eliminating the costs of highly beneficial medicines is almost certainly one key component of increasing adherence, even if its absolute benefit is distressingly modest.” MI FREEE: How Much Do Free Medications Really Cost? 2011-11-14T13:07:40Z She felt strangely shy in the presence of this beautiful, composed woman, with the sweet voice and easy manner, and the so distressingly familiar name. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z The windows lacked curtains, the girls had only one fork, and their cupboard was so distressingly empty that it rivaled Mother Hubbard's. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z Dust covered everything, while the absence of fresh air, owing to the scuttles having been secured for months, was distressingly noticeable. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z And then she left me, sure, I have no doubt, that no real author could confess to such distressingly normal habits as mine. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z He must scout through the shadowy hinterlands of consciousness in attire that may be historic, yet at the same time is distressingly conspicuous. Open Water 2011-10-14T02:00:31.043Z A clear sky and the brightest of sunshine, though not distressingly hot. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z In spite of all the girls' plans, however, by the end of the week the cottage larder was still distressingly empty. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z Tomsen says the Taliban's recent advances "look distressingly like the 1990s," when ISI-backed forces swept from Afghanistan's southern Pashtun belt to seize hold of the country. Should U.S. Deem Pakistan a Sponsor of Terrorism? 2011-10-03T20:05:54Z He is seen every day Just below Yesler Way, Either "full" or distressingly "dry". By Trench and Trail in Song and Story 2011-09-24T02:00:15.120Z He was distressingly anxious about his family, and begged we would not destroy a letter addressed to his wife which he had in his pocket. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z And always she worked back to the one impassable point, the point which his absence made so distressingly clear, that life apart from him was a sheer impossibility. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z To listen to Hannah’s diagnosis of her complaints was to wonder how anyone who suffered so distressingly could continue to live, and to remain on the whole fairly active. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z She has been distressingly sick—she is better now, almost well, though very feeble. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z The average budget for dam inspectors is distressingly low. Virginia Quake Raises More Questions about U.S. East Coast Infrastructure 2011-08-24T11:15:00.237Z It was found to be distressingly meagre: what a multitude of highly interesting reflections might have been arranged under the heading: 'The First Prince of Wales visiting the Pope!' Queen Victoria 2011-08-23T02:00:32.007Z The roots of America’s current polarisation are distressingly deep. Schumpeter: American idiocracy 2011-08-10T18:17:44Z In the United States, things have been distressingly similar. Rupert Murdoch as Citizen 2011-07-25T05:00:00Z Hamburg made the announcement Friday, calling the project an “innovation initiative,” going on to say that the pipeline for medical products in the U.S. is “distressingly sparse.” Tech companies and the magic of the invitation 2011-07-18T10:00:00Z Mr. Sperry was amused by the article, but distressingly perplexed by apprehensions concerning it. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z “Sight and hearing fail distressingly when we get old — we need to invest more heavily in research aimed at circumventing this, like developing neural implants to bypass damaged retinas.” Dementia: A problem for our age 2011-07-13T17:20:50.477Z “Earnings trends for small businesses are distressingly negative and the recovery is two years old.” NFIB Optimism Index Fell to Nine-Month Low in June 2011-07-12T11:36:41Z But as a distressingly weak June jobs report made clear on Friday, two years after a deep recession ended, central bankers have yet to engineer convincing recoveries. Analysis: Central bankers learning what "lost" feels like 2011-07-08T20:48:09Z The horse, relieved of so much weight, seemed to pant less distressingly. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Ah, Louise! it begins so distressingly, with such throbbing pulses and wandering thoughts, that I would flee from myself to you as to some shrine of the Madonna. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z That the chief amusement in Fairyland is to stand upon one toe for a distressingly long time. Mr. Punch at the Play Humours of Music and the Drama 2011-06-29T02:00:22.990Z He was well fed and comfortably housed; the work was not heavy, nor were the working hours distressingly long. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z "It is very unfortunate!" she said at last, with her eyebrows distressingly high. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z She laid her face in her hands and sobbed most distressingly, defying Jeannette's utmost efforts to console her. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z My mission now is so distressingly painful that could it have been avoided I should certainly not be here. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Rhetoric alone won't protect the U.S. economy if the dollar crashes, sending stocks and bonds down, pushing interest rates up and disrupting the distressingly slow economic recovery. Dollar's Decline Merits Attention, Not Panic 2011-05-04T18:03:02Z We lowered down all the oil lamps in the street on our way—this incidentally, as illustrating the distressingly low degree of civilisation in Kongsberg in those days. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z In most things this bond of allegiance does not bind him oppressively nor chafe him distressingly; but in some things it is drawn rather painfully tight. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z Thirdly, it is very digressive, distressingly so when you are once interested in the story. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Sometimes they were distressingly bold, and they came to the point of offensive warfare with a readiness and assurance which scared Josie. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z And while it seems likely that Tokyo will help foot the bill for reconstruction, the timing and amount of any money remain distressingly unclear. For Japanese Mayor, Fateful Choice on Day of Disaster 2011-04-09T02:48:40Z I awoke from sleep about three A.M. and found my room distressingly hot. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Glad as they were to see this, it was so distressingly bright that they were obliged to protect their eyes from its blinding glare with snow-goggles. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z Her voice wavers so distressingly that he thinks she is about to lose all control over it; but no!—in a moment she has recovered her self-mastery, and taken up her thread again. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Among men in general, I believe he passes for mildly eccentric; his own family find him distressingly like other people. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z He became distressingly weak and inert, he ceased to care for food, and presently he began ta talk to himself with a complete disregard of her presence. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z For, economical of room for the requisite stores whilst on the passage to the Straits, the Speedwell was sent out so inadequately supplied with water, that the crew were reduced to a distressingly short allowance. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z He covers his face with a handkerchief; it is distressingly hot, but at least he may have some rest. The Secret Battle 2011-02-06T03:00:59.983Z Across Europe, a distressingly high number of historic scientific collections — from herbaria to minerals — are being lost or left to rot in universities. Preserve the past 2011-02-02T18:20:14.753Z It all seemed familiar to him, long, long ago, before this enormous physical frame had walled him down to the ground and weight had handicapped aspiration so distressingly. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z But to turn about and look at the stage is even worse, so distressingly complete is the betrayal of its shabby deceptions. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z The canvas was flapping furiously aloft, and all efforts to reef were distressingly slow. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z Bilk’s positive answer was distressingly matter of fact. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z This was a distressingly convenient argument, allowing the bravos of the right and left to retreat to their respective bunkers and begin firing spitballs. Joe Klein: Arms and the Unbalanced 2011-01-13T08:30:00Z She was distressingly white, her soft blue eyes had dark circles around them and she seemed utterly spent and exhausted. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z And it is certain that soil insufficiently watered presents a distressingly sterile aspect in the neighborhood of the Colorado. Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado 2011-01-12T03:00:34.043Z The last type of error occurs distressingly often. Electronic Medical Records: No Cure-All for Medical Errors 2010-12-23T20:56:00Z It was just an ordinary afternoon of golf when his ball hooked distressingly off line, hitting another golfer in the eye. Our Towns: Golf Courses: A Gold Mine for Lawsuits 2010-12-23T03:10:55Z The abdomens of those with kwashiorkor, however, distend in a way that is distressingly familiar from televised appeals for famine relief. Obesity, malnutrition and gestation: Slim pickings 2010-11-11T11:00:14Z While each catastrophe is different and unique, they each share distressingly similar organizational characteristics. What BP, Toyota And The Dow Share 2010-08-16T10:00:00Z An economist at Schroders Investment Management, he is in many ways a typical City chap: super-bright, good on talking about economic efficiency, and distressingly young. A VAT hike: regressive? Perhaps. Likely? Yes 2010-06-18T17:16:00Z These are practical questions with, at least for the time being, distressingly rhetorical answers. Faisal Shahzad and the no-fly list 2010-05-05T23:06:00Z But he turned out to be just one in a distressingly long list of government officials whose allegiances and official favors were for sale. Ex-Mayor of Hoboken Pleads Guilty to Corruption 2010-04-20T23:26:00Z I regret to say," objected Mr. Hicks, "that Hoppy's health is distressingly good. Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile He was altogether a distressingly impracticable rich person, surrounded by people who admired him for what he really was and by those who tried to squeeze him for what he was worth! The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode The sharp bark of the line-gun echoed distressingly in their ears. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway But human nature remains distressingly the same, and Dan's desire to pay his debt was a distinctly human emotion. The Voice of the Pack Mrs. Biggs and Billy were distressingly attentive at first, thinking her lonely, but she managed to dispel that idea. Cinderella Jane The membership in these country churches is distressingly small, but the attendance is smaller still. Six Thousand Country Churches And the demon swore balefully, and the powerful chariot heaved and groaned distressingly. The Book of Gud Their mutual recognition, at this critical moment, became distressingly conspicuous. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Nothing "was beautiful with a beauty of exceeding and startling queerness"; on the contrary, rather distressingly European, with straight gravelled paths and formal plots, enclosed by a box edging and a little wicket gate. Lafcadio Hearn And not only was the professor's field of vision thus distressingly limited, but there was also some moral obliquity in his composition. Fragments of an Autobiography The inadequacy and stiffness of her words were distressingly evident. Thirty Nevertheless, her face grew sober and thoughtful, and something tugged distressingly at her heart-strings. Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 Otherwise London curves are distressingly ugly and dreary—those of a crescent, for example. London Impressions Etchings and Pictures in Photogravure She is pathetic also, with the keen, transitory pathos which belongs to childhood, a pathos never too much elaborated or too distressingly prolonged. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories The Queen's English is butchered no more distressingly in California than in Connecticut. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making It is distressingly out of place and time in its dark framework. Cathedrals of Spain Yet that might have no significance, since the routes of European touring are distressingly devoid of variation. The Portal of Dreams The cat had moped and fretted greatly during the child's short illness, and had cried distressingly about the house when Katie lay dead. An Isle in the Water The losses of the Allied fleet, so far as they are at present known, are distressingly heavy. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror If she could only anchor her dear old fairy godmother in a haven of calm knowledge of the facts, she was less distressingly concerned about the sister and daughter. When Ghost Meets Ghost The pilots shouted derisively at the sound of the siren, a distressingly noisy contrivance designed to arouse sleepy pilots and turn them out for dawn patrol. Aces Up A tiger-skin, head and dangling claws distressingly lifelike, hung in the middle of one wall. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John I noted particularly his hair and his smile, the former black in color, plentiful, fine in quality, and parted distressingly straight; the latter expansive and expressive. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades Examine the writing in the newspapers issued by some schools and the work in schools that do not, and a distressingly large portion is either dull or "smart," the last, worst fault of the two. College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College I am perplexed nightly for counter-signs,—their range of proper names is so distressingly limited, and they make such amazing work of every new one. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Not that I or any of my readers would think of indulging in any such distressingly vulgar exercise as the last named. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. The announcement, when it came, would be made with imposing ceremony after a meeting between his father and Lord Crawleigh, an adjustment of religious differences and a distressingly material discussion of settlements. The Education of Eric Lane When he remembered that Lady Vandeleur was the wife of one and sister of the other of these gladiators, his heart was touched with sympathy for a woman so distressingly misplaced in life. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories I wished heartily that some one would steal my horse, but every one seemed to be most distressingly anxious to keep as far away from him as possible. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate They looked distressingly thin and poor without their saddles. The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse The nightly performance to an empty house wore on her most distressingly, and no wonder. The Light of the Star A Novel My point is," he went on, "that it's really too distressingly conventional of you to suppose that because you happen to be legally married there can be no sort of romance. The Limit When he went to the roost where the whole Robin family had been sleeping for several weeks, he found it distressingly silent, after the gay chatter that he had grown accustomed to hearing there. The Tale of Jolly Robin Its parts are so loosely hung together, and appear so distressingly disjointed, that one is frequently at a loss to perceive the design of the oration. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject "I am glad to see you don't keep distressingly early hours," he said, between the bars of the air he was humming. The Perpetual Curate The scepticism with which his mistress received Anthony's report was distressingly obvious. Anthony Lyveden Often it does, but distressingly often it does the reverse. The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Greatly shocked at this announcement the baron stepped forward hastily and entered the mean room, where the prisoner was lying on a pallet groaning most distressingly. The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France It was my first experience of the great snow storms of Maine; my legs soon ached with wallowing, and my feet were distressingly cold. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine He still slept, but as they looked at him, they saw the fever was rapidly increasing; a still brighter flush was on his cheeks; his lips were parched, and his breathing distressingly short and oppressed. Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days Unhappily for all concerned, the latter's accomplishments did not include map-reading, an omission distressingly obvious to every one but himself. Anthony Lyveden Then there was an old miner, distressingly filthy, who hobbled to his meals on feet that had been frozen into clubs. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West The good roads of Belgium are as good as those anywhere to be found, and it is only the unlooked for and distressingly frequent stretches of paved highway which need give any concern. The Automobilist Abroad She climbed in with the assistance of the very young and distressingly susceptible Fourth Officer. The Long Trick Ah, of course, how distressingly inaccurate of me. Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls If we could get back to Richard Rolle's simplicity and to his unmovable faith, then, his goal, even the acquisition of perfect love, might seem to all of us less distressingly remote. The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises The utter futility of so much wasted feeling bordered on tragedy; the need which it had expressed had been so primitive, so distressingly sincere. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel We turn northward, following the stream; the road becomes distressingly steep, recalling a line in which the poet speaks of returning homeward "to his mountain stronghold." Horace What he ought to have said and done was now distressingly clear to him; and he craved an opportunity to put it into practice. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest "At last I have him," said the exulting French General Soult of Wellington, at the battle of St Pierre, but his exultation proved distressingly premature. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back For forty-eight hours before Bay died, the spasms were distressingly frequent, but I would not have him killed. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood His jawbones protruded distressingly, and his poor thin elbows looked so sharp, that one could have fancied they had cut their way through the torn coat that no longer covered them. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 First came a band playing a funeral march, that was all the more melancholy because the instruments were distressingly discordant, as though in their grief the men had not had time to tune them. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions The old turrets of the house rose before me, more distressingly symptomatic of poverty and decay than ever. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Also it smelt distressingly: but that perhaps was its misfortune rather than its fault. From a Cornish Window A New Edition She saw that he felt himself distressingly young and inexperienced, and would not for the world have harassed him by over advice. Robert Elsmere Dora there remained, And most distressingly she moaned but nought explained. The Minstrel A Collection of Poems The future is not such a distressingly unknown quantity as it was then. Mary Ware's Promised Land The supply was getting low by this time, but they carried over one rather skimpy and distressingly seedy glass to be divided among the three. Chicken Little Jane He looked at Minna as wonderingly as she looked at him, and he was distressingly ill at ease. A Romance Of Tompkins Square 1891 All the course detail, all the unlovely foundations, of the business of pleasure were rather distressingly obvious to his sight. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance "Generally speaking, in a high note that echoes distressingly throughout the house, whereas you laugh like young ladies." Men of Affairs I must acknowledge with shame that my ideas on the subject are distressingly vague. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 This was distressingly clear; yet he knew in his own heart that hers was the only opinion among her people that he cared anything about. Laramie Holds the Range She betook herself to the room that had once been Mr Sharnall’s, but was now distressingly empty and forlorn, and there finding writing materials, sat down to compose an answer to Westray’s letter. The Nebuly Coat Katherine perceived that his beauty had begun to return to him, though his face was distressingly worn and emaciated, and the long, purplish line of that unexplained scar still disfigured his cheek. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The throes come on, are distressingly violent, and continue until the womb is ruptured. Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure In our experience hard cider is distressingly like drinking vinegar. Pipefuls The victualling of the Allied army in Macedonia, always difficult, had become distressingly precarious with its own growth and the growth of the enemy's submarine activity. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 Clerk Janaway was inclined to take a distressingly opportunist and matter-of-fact view of the question. The Nebuly Coat We may picture him as a humid duck-legged little man, most terribly homesick, most tremendously lonely, most distressingly alien. From Place to Place At last, when the Hermit's cramped position had grown distressingly painful, there came a welcome interruption. Followers of the Trail Even in modern society the still distressingly large number of crimes of violence may be traced in many, perhaps most cases, to blind and bitter hate. Human Traits and their Social Significance When a jam broke, the middle of it shot down-stream in a most spectacular fashion, but along the banks "winged out" most distressingly. Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Two lords—one very young, the other distressingly old—have also solicited her hand in the "mazy dance." Molly Bawn With my distressingly sceptical nature I believe little that I do not see. In the Forbidden Land In the doorway stood Teola Graves, tall, thin, and distressingly pale. Tess of the Storm Country So far the results have been distressingly uniform and hopelessly negative. Preventable Diseases If Mrs. Fisher were not so peevish and Mrs. Dodd so distressingly particular, we could get along better in the kitchen; the native girls would do better, and improve. Hubert's Wife A Story for You "I never saw any one so distressingly healthy," says Maud, still plaintively. Molly Bawn On these occasions he preferred to stand at some remove, so that it would be unnecessary to raise his hat: the requirement of a formal salute made him distressingly self-conscious. On the Stairs He was what we now call, an exquisite, in person, and one to whom the idea of chewing tobacco was abhorrent, whilst he was actually and distressingly troubled with the infirmity hinted at. Rattlin the Reefer "Downbearing."—This expression will cover many troubles especially common among women, where the weight of the internal organs becomes distressingly felt. Papers on Health They early perceived the change, and became distressingly fond of him. Hubert's Wife A Story for You As a Reading, it always seemed to us, that "David Copperfield" was cut down rather distressingly. Charles Dickens as a Reader The winters of Avignon, however, are sometimes rendered by it most distressingly cold. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 If you have ever stayed agape for an hour or so, while the doctor was on his way to reset your jaws, you can imagine how distressingly public that feeling is. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 We are early, but you and Grace are distressingly early. Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College One bright summer day, a rural youth took his sweetheart to a Baptist baptizing; and, in addition to his verdancy and his awkwardness, he stuttered most distressingly. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales The shoulders were outrageously broad, the barrel of his chest was scandalously deep, the hands distressingly large and brown, considered in intimate association with filing systems and adding machines. The Plunderer They are not pastors, but detectives, statisticians and mob orators, and not infrequently their secularity becomes distressingly evident. A Book of Prefaces "You have, indeed, but you were such dear little girls then, and now you are growing distressingly tall; I do not half like it." The Story of the Big Front Door Its present state, indeed even its immediate future, is dark, distressingly dark. The Promised Day Is Come Present world chaos, exhibiting the impetuosity, follies, rebelliousness characteristic of humanity’s adolescent stage of development, and harbinger of the long-promised Golden Age of the maturity of the human race, is relentlessly spreading and distressingly intensified. Messages to America These people swell the death lists in Southern cities' health offices to such distressingly large numbers. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro That celebrated afternoon he found himself, after the distressingly crowded cars, in company with many thousands, all clamouring and jostling on the road to the tower. Visionaries The quarters of that great book collection, while housed in the Capitol, were distressingly restricted, and much of the cataloguing was done by the veteran mentioned in a sort of vault in the sub-cellar. The Best Ghost Stories Then Jimmy, startled by the shock, would stop his noise for a moment—waiting for the ship to sink, perhaps—and began again, distressingly loud, as if invigorated by the gust of fear. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle You look strangely worn and ill; and your eyes are distressingly elfish and shadowy. Infelice It became distressingly evident that these Yanks knew as little, and cared as little, what was expected of them as the stupid Britishers or the mercurial French or the suicidal Belgians. Foch the Man A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies This is so distressingly true of newspaper reproduction that in drawings for this purpose the lines have to be generally very thin, sharp, and well apart. Pen Drawing An Illustrated Treatise The Elizabethans, from Spenser onward, found Chaucer distressingly archaic. Adventures in Criticism We were speedily lost in a network of unmarked byways running through a distressingly poor-looking and apparently quite thinly inhabited country. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland The Cassowary, on the other hand, bony and distressingly red in the wrong places, suffered from a realisation of her own defects that she endeavoured to conceal by an assumption of the wildest high spirits. The Halo He said nothing, therefore, but strove to squeeze what bliss remained for him in the next minutes, distressingly few though they were. Skyrider In mind, however, he was the youngest there, and his manner was often distressingly juvenile. Mike Fletcher A Novel One man wrote that he was distressingly ugly, and asked what should he do about it. Americans and Others Copal was making desperate efforts to count his precious teacups, a task which their scattered positions rendered distressingly difficult. A Comedy of Masks A Novel The pace of the camels is distressingly slow, and it suits the sepoys to make it still slower than natural by sitting down to smoke and eat. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 Moreover, Queenie was a very persistent, as well as a very pretty, young person, distressingly careless of deportment. The Furnace of Gold We would toil doggedly for a hundred feet, or until our wind gave out and our hearts began to pound distressingly; then we would rest a moment. The Killer As Greek is commonly taught, I regret to say, whether they have learnt it or not makes a distressingly small difference to most boys' appreciation of Homer. On The Art of Reading Men looked at one another and were distressingly affected; The Polka had never witnessed a more painful episode. The Girl of the Golden West It is distressingly difficult to elicit accurate information about the Lake and rivers, because the people do not think accurately. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 Eventually 'she became unable to do anything almost for herself, for the nervous irritability had distressingly increased. Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria It was almost distressingly evident that the muffler had either been lost or thrown away. The Killer Can we picture to ourselves how miserable and degraded, how distressingly like that of other forest animals must have then been the condition of those who yet were the fathers of the coming human race? The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 44, September 9, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls The guests were elderly people, who talked politics and surgical operations, and didn't know what to say to Maurice, whose blond hair and good-humored blue eyes made him seem distressingly young. The Vehement Flame After all she is kind-hearted, for all her queer ways; I could get along better if she wasn't so distressingly neat and particular about the house. Walter Harland Or, Memories of the Past She grew distressingly pale, but that was all. An Unpardonable Liar The reporter found the floor distressingly "hard, but polished wood." T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him It is only that Hetty Gray is so—so distressingly like my mother. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn He is—to the eye of an artist—distressingly matter-of-fact, a tempting mark for satire. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Do look at that woman ahead of us!—the one in the little bonnet, and so distressingly neat. The First Soprano On his tangled locks—distressingly shaggy and unkempt—he wore no hat, and he looked like a brownie, grotesque, though somewhat sad. Red Money These misdirected outbursts of feverish antipathy to poor Troubridge were frequent, and always inconceivably comical as well as distressingly peevish. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon The colonies in which under the Home Rule regime "loyalty" has blossomed like the rose, were in those days most distressingly disloyal. The Open Secret of Ireland But the people in these houses were distressingly dirty, and she found no place to wash. The Girl from Montana The general run of lovers—at least mine—are distressingly inopportune. The Inner Sisterhood A Social Study in High Colors At last he looked distressingly straight at my face. Tell England A Study in a Generation Her growth proved to be distressingly irregular, as one day she seemed to have grown an inch since last night, and then next day she had shrunk two inches. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood A waxed floor, if properly taken care of, which is not difficult, wears extremely well and does not have the distressingly shabby appearance of a partly worn shellaced floor. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Womanly sympathy, tenderness, and trust, those qualities which constitute a far deeper and more abiding charm than statuesque beauty, are equally absent from an impersonation which in its earlier phases is almost distressingly labored. Mary Anderson We will now visit some old towns where we hope to discover some buildings that are ancient and where all is not distressingly new, hideous, and commonplace. Vanishing England The wall fixtures are correctly placed, and anyone can see why they would be distressingly out of key if they were nearer the picture, or nearer the line of the chimney wall. The House in Good Taste Near midnight he grew distressingly drunk, talkative, and violent, and when toward morning he was carried from the room by his servants, the company broke up. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Yet, if wisdom is not learnt, the damage to the child may be distressingly serious. The Nervous Child Between fields along the river bottom were gates distressingly crude; clumsy, hingeless panels of board fence, which I must dismount and lift about by sheer brawn of shoulder. Somewhere in Red Gap But he was certainly withholding his thanks a distressingly long while. The Emperor of Portugalia "It isn't distressingly calm now," said the extra strong frames, they were called web frames, in the engine room. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 Notwithstanding the fact that he started early enough for the Chamber, he was distressingly late for the meeting. Truxton King A Story of Graustark His trousers were frayed, and the sole of one of his boots flapped distressingly. Widdershins Splendid wheeling though it be, it soon becomes distressingly apparent that propelling a bicycle has now to be considered in connection with the overpowering heat. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama But he was distressingly ignorant of the contents of air, and his calculations were lamentably unsupported by any sound basis of fact. The Fortieth Door "Yes," answered Rosie; "mamma told me they were both very ill: Gracie especially—her head aching badly, her throat distressingly sore, and her fever very high; but that she was sweetly patient under it all." The Two Elsies A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket My preparations had been very simple, merely the securing of a blanket over the roan's distressingly bony spine, and putting a bit in his refractory mouth. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. "O, I'll take off my cuffs, and put on this distressingly big apron of yours, which hangs behind the door; then I'll do." Ester Ried And his heart was beating as it had never beat, and his forehead was damp, his throat distressingly dry, and one foot nervously tap-tapping on the floor. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns At this Ayling's Number One, who was carrying a machine-gun tripod weighing forty-eight pounds, said something—something distressingly audible—and groaned deeply. The First Hundred Thousand The fireman slows up on the engine, but still its throbbing sounds distressingly loud as we creep up on the feeding moose and scan the lay of the land, calculating his chances of escape. The New North And his mind, influenced by his body, grew restless, then excited, then distressingly realistic. Mr. Prohack The later arrivals from the planet Earth had been of a distressingly commonplace character to his Majesty—a gentleman of originality and attainments, whatever his disagreements with the conventions. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California To the communities of trade and commerce, to the mercantile and industrial spirit of to-day, such an existence and such modes of life appear distressingly lax and unprogressive. George Washington, Volume I On that evening Nellie had suddenly transformed herself into a distressingly perfect angel, and not once had she descended from her high estate. The Regent She was not distressingly but only interestingly "behind" on their well-greased books, where Camille's account, too, was longer on the left-hand side. Strange True Stories of Louisiana |
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