How to use "distress" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "distress" in popular movie and book plots

  • In July 2114, 5 months into the journey, the ships respond to a distress signal from the planet Tau Ceti V, outside the Solar System.  - System Shock 2
  • The Enterprise is called to Deep Space Station K7 by a distress call.  - The Trouble with Tribbles
  • All the assets, including the mansion, are sold at distress prices, and faithful servant Ida is dismissed.  - Buddenbrooks
  • The Roughnecks respond to a distress call from Planet "P", where they discover an outpost that has been devastated by Bugs.  - Starship Troopers (film)
  • The case goes to trial in December 1984, but the decision is mixed, as Flynt is found guilty of inflicting emotional distress but not libel.  - The People vs. Larry Flynt
  • He calms down after seeing their distress and begs for their forgiveness, claiming that he is an honest man driven insane by the heat.  - The Midnight Sun
  • Anna is unable to hide her distress during the accident.  - Anna Karenina
  • The novel is also a murder mystery, and the beautiful heroine soon becomes a damsel in distress herself.  - Sliver (novel)
  • Starfleet Command sends out a planetary distress call and warns starships not to approach Earth.  - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  • Zeb and Magdalene have evaded arrest, thanks to a clandestine distress signal that John manages to leave for Zeb while being arrested.  - If This Goes On—
  • Kip nearly freezes to death as well while activating the distress beacon, but help arrives almost instantly.  - Have Space Suit—Will Travel
  • Now, however, their marriage is dissolving, to the distress of their young son Joseph.  - Unbreakable (film)
  • Meanwhile, Hallorann receives a psychic distress call from Danny while working at a winter resort in Florida.  - The Shining (novel)
  • Enterprise receives a distress call from an observatory in orbit of the star Amargosa, where they rescue the El-Aurian dr Tolian Soran.  - Star Trek Generations
  • While sending a distress signal, Duke learns that aliens are attacking Los Angeles and have mutated the LAPD.  - Duke Nukem 3D
  • A distress signal from the sleeper ship eventually reaches "Relay", a major node in the galactic communications network.  - A Fire Upon the Deep

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