distraught
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His sister wrote to me, understandably distraught as to what to do next.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Cutler’s mother had just died and he was distraught.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
"You're seeing the family members distraught, crying, it's hard to watch. Unfortunately it's the reality of being close to the ocean."
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
"I was distraught... not least because they told me I would have seen it if I'd stayed in my hotel," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
He sat glumly through the rest of the hearing, holding his head, which I found even more disheartening than when he was argumentative and distraught.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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