distressingly

Example Sentences

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That is still distressingly high, but a downward trend is not a failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

I won’t give away how she turns up, but Cochran makes horror distressingly real.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

There are notable exceptions, although they are distressingly few.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025

And while prostate cancer remains distressingly common, emerging research suggests that many men can safely delay treatment, or avoid it entirely.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

Toward dawn, when they returned to the water, their grunts echoed distressingly close by.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer