How to Use distraught in a Sentence

distraught

adjective

• She was distraught over the death of her partner.
• Distraught relatives are waiting for news of the missing children.
• Brown's family members were distraught to learn about the shooting.
  — Bayan Wang, azcentral, 31 May 2018
• Once his death was confirmed, even more distraught reactions flooded social media.
  — Taylor Weatherby, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2018
• Either way, Lila is angry and distraught at Alfonso’s death.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
• Love even blooms for Emilia with a distraught widow (a wonderful Adriana Paz).
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
• And federal judges along the border are struggling to respond to distraught defendants, who beg them for information on the whereabouts of their children.
  — Laura Gault, Teen Vogue, 19 June 2018
• Meanwhile another person saw the distraught woman and after being told what had happened the bystander took the woman to her own home, where her family called the sheriff.
  — Greg Moran, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 June 2018
• According to Davidson, the final straw came when a shelter worker told him to stop three distraught Brazilian siblings from consoling each other.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 18 June 2018
• As his unease with the project grows, Popkin’s protagonist, Nicholas Moscowitz, becomes increasingly distraught over the prospect of selling out.
  — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 24 May 2018
• Like the distraught wife of the hero who saves the day.
  — Molly Horan, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2018
• No nori would grow off the coast of Japan, and farmers were distraught.
  — Esther Inglis-Arkell, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2017
• A few feet away from the car was a distraught middle-aged white male.
  — Rachel Dissell, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• There was a lot of blood on the floor, but besides that, the owner was distraught.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 18 June 2023
• The girls, they were just distraught about what had transpired.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2021
• Her mother, so distraught by the loss of her child, ends her own life.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 5 Feb. 2023
• Manzo broke free and, distraught, went to the bathroom to wash her hands.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
• Or the distraught girlfriend of the man who would and does risk everything.
  — Molly Horan, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2018
• The friend was distraught, but Barr was thrilled: the book was ruffling feathers.
  — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 25 July 2021
• The description of the distraught man as a friend had confused matters for the agent.
  — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
• Aemond looks distraught, but the damage is done and the first stone of the Dance of Dragons has been thrown.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 23 Oct. 2022
• Maddie is shocked and distraught when Kyle is pulled out of Ty's car.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• Near them sat a distraught Guatemalan father and his 7-year-old son.
  — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
• To the shock and horror of all, the distraught knight impales himself on his sword.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 June 2024
• The boy was distraught and could be heard yelling for Jason Lindsey to stop, the report said.
  — Karina Elwood, orlandosentinel.com, 11 June 2019
• Huang, who has run restaurants in the area for 28 years, was distraught when his staff told him what happened.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
• On seeing the replay after the game, Joyce was distraught.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
• Wooten said his deputies are very distraught over what happened and for the family of Brown.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2021
• Johnston, like so many who had watched the April 1993 tragedy unfold on the news, was baffled and distraught.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
• Bailey said her son was too distraught to talk to a reporter.
  — Glenn E. Rice, kansascity, 6 July 2018

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024