He must scout through the shadowy hinterlands of consciousness in attire that may be historic, yet at the same time is distressingly conspicuous.
"Open Water"
Arthur Stringer
There are no people in Davy's Bend who are overworked, or whose business cares are so great as to make them nervous or fretful; so they sleep and yawn a great deal, and have plenty of time in which to tell how dull their own place is, and how distressingly active is Ben's City, located in the country below them, and which is admired even by the river, for it is always going in that direction.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
It was distressingly different.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim