great distress in English

extreme sorrow, extreme anguish, great suffering, much anxiety

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1. ‘O Jehovah, I am in great distress;

2. Luke's behaviour caused his parents great distress.

3. 20 See, O Jehovah, for I am in great distress.

4. The mother was in great distress when her baby became ill.

5. We may do the same thing in times of great distress in our life.

6. Perhaps illness or the death of a loved one is causing you great distress.

7. The scene in the Gospel is consoling: even the apostles lose hold of their faith and trust in an hour of great distress-at least to start with.