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 distraught 25-year-old valiantly tried to continue but ultimately quit when trailing 6-2 3-2.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Shifa looked distraught as she slid something out of her pocket.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook