1.   A moment later, the cat is in acute distress.

2.   But some buy-outs have ended in the bankruptcy court or in acute distress.

3.   Local distress funds continued to be raised in periods and places of acute distress, although they came increasingly under government control.

4.   Suddenly your grown-up veneer gives way to a childlike sensitivity that causes you to feel-within minutes-wonderful happiness and acute distress.

5.   The symbolic center of the greatest nation on earth is a city in acute distress and a global embarrassment.

6.   They would show signs of acute distress, crying loudly and vigorously.

7.   Even when no physical harm results, the repeated harassment by stalkers commonly results in acute emotional distress and can seriously disrupt the way victims live.

8.   I saw true compassion in action when we brought my dying father home from Florida, where doctors had not even made an attempt to reduce his acute distress.

9.   In short, a fair damsel in acute distress, aching for rescue by a real man instead of a prince.

10.   It sounds as if your son is in acute distress so get on a plane to go and show your moral support, if nothing else.