distraught

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

After learning about the epidemic, the distraught Tisquantum first returned with Dermer to southern Maine.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann