They offered extra water, second helpings and safe places to sleep on deck to those in serious distress.

This serious financial distress was occasioned by the following circumstances.

She ran well enough to the head of the stretch, but then finished as if in serious distress.

The horse was fully restored in 2007 but less than four years later is again showing signs of serious visible distress.

Recent low back pain makes it five times more likely that a person will suffer serious psychological distress.

Some kind of serious distress on his face.

Everywhere the rate was the same, serious pulmonary distress that led to death in five of ten cases.

It was long and low, like a foghorn in serious distress.

This submarine showed signs of serious distress, and had trouble submerging.

No one noticed that the baby was in serious distress.