All these forms of desire had to be overcome to escape from the distresses and chagrins of life.
But the question of the distresses and the possible recuperation of Russia brings us too close to current controversies to be discussed here.
The counsels of the Prince, united with those of the proprietors in British funds, and the distresses of merchants may yet induce the Republic, against the general sense of the nation, to sue for a dishonorable peace.
The recovery of America from the disasters and distresses of war will be rapid and sudden.
When foreign distresses came to be felt by us through the channels of commerce, we set ourselves to apply remedies.
It was not the grasping passion of the preceding year, which gave life and individuality to each moment--it was not the aching pangs induced by the distresses of the times.
They took a more northerly route than that by which they had approached the Amazon; and, if it was attended with fewer difficulties, they experienced yet greater distresses from their greater inability to overcome them.
Their distresses were still further aggravated by the rumors, which continually reached their ears, of the state of the country.
Secretly she must still be quivering from the public distresses of the morning.
He also fortified the city Bethsura, that it might serve as a citadel against any distresses that might come from our enemies.
She then took courage, upon the prospect of what was promised her, and, meeting with some shepherds, by their care she got clear of the distresses she had been in.
The destruction of men also after such a manner deprived those that survived of all their courage, because they had no way to provide remedies sufficient for the distresses they were in.
And moreover, they are confirmed in habits of exaction, and are taught to consider the distresses of their superiors as their own fair emolument.
Amelia's concern for the distressesof her husband was aggravated at the sight of her children.
I have tasted of some distresses of life, and I know not to what greater I may be driven, but my honour, I thank Heaven, is in my own power, and I can boldly say to Fortune she shall not rob me of it.
The distresses of possible alternatives did not disturb her.
It distressesme to hear how much you are suffering, and at the same time not to be near enough to speak a word of good cheer, or to do anything for your comfort.
It distresses me to think how little human friendship can do for such a sorrow as yours.
Here is an extract from one of them, dated July 11th: I can't tell you how it grieves and distresses me to have had this long-dreaded affliction come upon you when you were alone.
It seems painfully unnatural to see my sunbeam turned into a dark cloud, and it distresses me so to see her suffer that I don't know how I am going to stand it.
No appearance of effort ever distresses her audience; the most difficult passages are achieved without the swelling of a vein, the strain of a muscle, or the slightest contortion of her agreeable countenance.
I flew to England; and found my Arabella pining under the accumulated distresses of extreme poverty, destroyed reputation, and a consumptive habit: all which miseries were rendered doubly poignant by the possession of an infant.
Still I fear there is something else; and will you not tell it to Janetta, to your own Janetta, who has sacrificed her peace to you, what it is that thus distresses you?
Our former distresses and future prospects were alike forgotten; and we became as guilty as happy.
Lilias, "he upbraids my Lady with the distresses of her family!
He was considerate enough, however, gratuitously to help the poor out of their ailments, and sometimes out of all their other distresses at the same time.
Our distresseswere now very great, and we were so covered with rain and salt water, that we could scarcely see.
The last month or two have been occupied with the Spanish marriages, Irish distresses and disturbances, and the question of the opening of the ports and the meeting of Parliament.
There they broke out into the most lamentable exclamations, for their parents, children and kindred, and the distresses they themselves endured.
How it distresses us to see you in such pain, and to think that it may increase!
It distresses me to see the differences in its translations, and had I been a Priest I would have learned Hebrew, so as to read the Word of God as He deigned to utter it in human speech.
He wrought them because in His heart He bore a Divine compassion for men and felt for us in all that distresses and destroys.
The superiority to earthly distresses which Christ now enjoyed would one day be his.
Dame Catherine has running in her head the old proverb, "Beggarly as an artist," which distresses her more than she can tell.
Our distresses induced Congress to order certain bills of exchange to be drawn on their Ministers at the Courts of Versailles and Madrid.
That the King was sensible of the wants and distresses of Congress, and wished to relieve them; but that it ought to be considered, that the French squadron and troops are in America for our immediate assistance.
That Count de Vergennes remarks, that on the application of Chevalier de la Luzerne, and his representation of the distresses of the United States, measures had been taken for our aid when Colonel Laurens arrived.
It is a susceptibility which we possess, to some extent, at least, in common with the brutes, who are by no means insensible to the distressesor to the happiness of their fellows.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "distresses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
