distraught

Example Sentences

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Or should she support a distraught mother’s efforts to save her daughter?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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

When she botched the final jump of her otherwise faultless short program, it was the shattering of her dream that left Glenn more distraught than the score that dropped her to 13th place.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

The former Manchester City player and tournament's top-scorer looked distraught as it began to sink in what he had done.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

There was a bit of an uncomfortable silence then, and I wasn’t sure what to do with my distraught mother and her dying lake.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx