How to Use distraught in a Sentence

distraught

adjective
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  • She was distraught over the death of her partner.
  • Distraught relatives are waiting for news of the missing children.
  • Like the distraught wife of the hero who saves the day.
    — Molly Horan, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2018
  • A few feet away from the car was a distraught middle-aged white male.
    — Rachel Dissell, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The girls, they were just distraught about what had transpired.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Or the distraught girlfriend of the man who would and does risk everything.
    — Molly Horan, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The description of the distraught man as a friend had confused matters for the agent.
    — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
  • There was a lot of blood on the floor, but besides that, the owner was distraught.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 18 June 2023
  • Her mother, so distraught by the loss of her child, ends her own life.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 5 Feb. 2023
  • No nori would grow off the coast of Japan, and farmers were distraught.
    — Esther Inglis-Arkell, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2017
  • Bailey said her son was too distraught to talk to a reporter.
    — Glenn E. Rice, kansascity, 6 July 2018
  • My husband and rock through it all was equally distraught.
    — Nikki Kolb, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The friend was distraught, but Barr was thrilled: the book was ruffling feathers.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 25 July 2021
  • Irving left the arena, too distraught to play following the death of his friend.
    — Brian Mahoney, Star Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
  • Rania mourned her sister and was distraught at the thought of leaving her father.
    — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • On seeing the replay after the game, Joyce was distraught.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Wooten said his deputies are very distraught over what happened and for the family of Brown.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Monica is distraught to learn she has been lied to her entire life.
    — Bethonie Butler, chicagotribune.com, 27 July 2019
  • Maddie is shocked and distraught when Kyle is pulled out of Ty's car.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The man who’d gone from installing vinyl car roofs to leading one of rock’s greatest bands was distraught.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Some team members might become distraught during the process.
    — Howard Yu, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • People were still feeling raw and confused and distraught.
    — Eddy Martinez, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Police said Selis was distraught over a breakup with a girlfriend .
    — Debbi Baker, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 May 2017
  • The driver was distraught as deputies showed up to investigate.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Jackson declined to talk about his future in a distraught postgame locker room.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Samberg looked distraught but players went up to comfort him.
    — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Alone in a foreign country with a new baby, Lois was distraught.
    — Cynthia Sewell, idahostatesman, 15 June 2018
  • Residents opened their hearts and homes to distraught men, women and children.
    — Caryn M. Sullivan, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2019
  • So Archie gets suspended and Fred is distraught over it.
    — Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Rondon is distraught, Pardew is on the pitch consoling him.
    — SI.com, 20 Jan. 2018

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