signal of distress
Example Sentences
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That makes the rail push less a solution than a signal of distress in the system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
The next time OBS answers his son’s bat signal of distress, though, he may want to flip the exculpatory video so that viewers don’t have to watch it sideways.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021
A simple tripping over a word becomes a flare signal of distress.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2017
The roster of photographic images that Rauschenberg silk-screened onto this canvas creates both a homage and a signal of distress at the edge of the New Frontier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2015
As Jerry took another deep breath, a pain appeared, distant, small—a radar signal of distress.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
