distressing situation

collocation in English

meaningsofdistressingandsituation

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distressing
adjective
uk
/dɪˈstres.ɪŋ/us
/dɪˈstres.ɪŋ/
upsetting ...
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situation
noun[C]
uk
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɪtʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
the set of things that are happening and the conditions that exist at a particular time ...
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(Definition ofdistressingandsituationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It also attempts to guide victims around the different services that may help them resolve thedistressingsituationin which they find themselves.
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The children may also adjust to thedistressingsituationand may not consider it as bad as others do.
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This is a bitterly tragic anddistressingsituation.
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Their links with the inspectorate would be such that we should feel that we were making an advance out of this sad,distressingsituation.
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That is the one satisfactory feature of thisdistressingsituation.
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An anomalous anddistressingsituationwill arise in universities where there are young men under 21 and young men over 21.
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Is there nothing that can be done to relieve the world of thisdistressingsituationand the fear of a third great war breaking out?
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If by legislation we can do anything to alleviate what is an unpleasant anddistressingsituation, it is our duty to do so.
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In those circumstances, we have to make the best of a verydistressingsituation.
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In the end it will not do much more than provide a short-term palliative to the existingdistressingsituationin the shipyards.
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What can be done to meet thisdistressingsituation?
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And, after all, a bird that has whistled cheerily in a mostdistressingsituation; even cockily throughout these two debates.
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I am sorry to hear about thatdistressingsituation.
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Unfortunately, many people in our society do not have supportive families, and they are in the mostdistressingsituation.
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That is adistressingsituationin which to find oneself after one has contributed for 25 years and been retired for seven years.
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I am very concerned about the unfortunate anddistressingsituation.
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It is a very serious anddistressingsituationwhich does nobody any great credit.
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For three weeks the parents were faced with thisdistressingsituation.
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We get very roused in the aftermath of a war and this has been a very rousing,distressingsituation.
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Is there not another aspect of thisdistressingsituation?
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