Rooks, too, were there, breeding on the cathedral elms, and had no time and spirit to wrangle, but could only caw-caw distressfully at the wind, which tossed them hither and thither in the air and lashed the tall trees, threatening at each fresh gust to blow their nests to pieces.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
"Women," Mr. Zanti said, still looking distressfully about him, "they are, in truth, very difficult."
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
"She's gone, Davey," Mrs. Cameron cried distressfully.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard