distraught

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The troubles reached a crescendo during the live finale when a distraught Tran revealed that the man she had chosen as her husband-to-be, Devin Strader, had ended their engagement a month before the broadcast.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

The deaths of her grandparents in quick succession left her so distraught — they had raised her — that she never finished her dissertation.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

"We were distraught at the start and now we are angry."

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Poursaid, still distraught, said that the family is now leaving the area after their neighbours, fearing further strikes, were reluctant to rent to them.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

John walks home after the school's closing frustrated and distraught.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson