as in agitated
feeling overwhelming fear or worry
distraught relatives waiting to learn whether there were any survivors of the plane crash
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The Americans get the winning point from Bill Haas, the son of U.S. captain Jay Haas, who wins 2-up over an emotionally distraught Bae Sang-moon.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Defiant and determined to get back home on his own to his mother and grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, George encounters real danger as a distraught Rita tries to find her footloose son.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
The Synopsis reads: George, defiant and determined to return home to Rita and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, ensues on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
So Nieves has been emotionally distraught since October 7, 2023, when the militant Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise assault on Israel at the Supernova music festival near kibbutz Re'im, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking 250 people hostage.
—Gwen Aviles, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Defiant and determined to get back home on his own to his mother and grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, George encounters real danger as a distraught Rita tries to find her footloose son.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
The Synopsis reads: George, defiant and determined to return home to Rita and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, ensues on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
So Nieves has been emotionally distraught since October 7, 2023, when the militant Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise assault on Israel at the Supernova music festival near kibbutz Re'im, killing approximately 1,200 people and taking 250 people hostage.
—Gwen Aviles, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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