That was a very distressing situation for you to walk into, as it were.

But how appropriate is that to their current situation, dangerous and distressing as it is?

Although there was consternation, no one knew what to do about the distressing situation.

Children can learn to become depressed when things go wrong by the way their parents react to distressing situations.

Although our visit was delightful in most respects, I ran into one rather distressing situation.

The physical state of the courthouse alone, he adds, exacerbates what is already a distressing situation.

Well, you need that in the midst of the distressing situation that's going on.

Furthermore, there are often distressing situations among the target groups of this aid.

It is a very serious and distressing situation which does nobody any great credit.

I am thinking first of all of the distressing situation in the Middle East.