Failing
Failing adjective - Below acceptable in performance.
In distress and failing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "In distress" instead an adjective "Failing".
In distress
Failing and in distress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Failing" instead an adjective phrase "In distress".
Both terms in one sentence
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The scientist force-feeding Piggy was clearly intended to be this, as he forcibly feeds him for the better part of an entire day, and Piggy is very clearly in distress and failing to resist.
Source: Western Animation / Pigs Is Pigs - From what we actually see, she spends most of the series being a Damsel in Distress, creating love triangles, and failing to do magic.
Source: Faux Action Girl - Damsel in Distress: Mel Silver after failing to be The Bait in the pilot and almost dying.
Source: Series / Waking the Dead
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