She could see genuine distress in the wide-set grey eyes.

Ttomalss had heard that particular cry many times before, and knew it meant genuine distress.

If not for the guy's obviously genuine distress, Jonesy would have wondered if he wasn't getting his leg pulled.

I looked at Oliver and he seemed to be in genuine distress.

Josephine's genuine distress pierced the anger that had driven him to nearly kill himself to get to her.

I'm sorry, Captain, Uhura said, turning to him with genuine distress on her face.

I know, tonight, in some regions of our country people are in genuine economic distress.

The prince looked at them both in genuine distress.

Yet a woman who had lost a husband or failed to get one at all, might find herself in genuine distress.

The blokey world of which Speed was a hero has no vocabulary to deal with genuine distress.