| 1 | The lifeboat went out to a ship in distress. | |
| 2 | Conway flashed a distress signal with his pocket light. | |
| 3 | To expose to loss or injury; imperil. | |
| 4 | The international morse code distress signal, S.O.S. | |
| 5 | We did have a distress signal from them on 23 October. |