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.
• Like the distraught wife of the hero who saves the day.
  — Molly Horan, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2018
• A few feet away from the car was a distraught middle-aged white male.
  — Rachel Dissell, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• The girls, they were just distraught about what had transpired.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2021
• Or the distraught girlfriend of the man who would and does risk everything.
  — Molly Horan, Glamour, 19 Jan. 2018
• The description of the distraught man as a friend had confused matters for the agent.
  — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
• There was a lot of blood on the floor, but besides that, the owner was distraught.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 18 June 2023
• No nori would grow off the coast of Japan, and farmers were distraught.
  — Esther Inglis-Arkell, Ars Technica, 19 Nov. 2017
• Her mother, so distraught by the loss of her child, ends her own life.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 5 Feb. 2023
• Bailey said her son was too distraught to talk to a reporter.
  — Glenn E. Rice, kansascity, 6 July 2018
• My husband and rock through it all was equally distraught.
  — Nikki Kolb, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2019
• The friend was distraught, but Barr was thrilled: the book was ruffling feathers.
  — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 25 July 2021
• Rania mourned her sister and was distraught at the thought of leaving her father.
  — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• Irving left the arena, too distraught to play following the death of his friend.
  — Brian Mahoney, Star Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
• Wooten said his deputies are very distraught over what happened and for the family of Brown.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2021
• Monica is distraught to learn she has been lied to her entire life.
  — Bethonie Butler, chicagotribune.com, 27 July 2019
• On seeing the replay after the game, Joyce was distraught.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
• Maddie is shocked and distraught when Kyle is pulled out of Ty's car.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• Some team members might become distraught during the process.
  — Howard Yu, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• People were still feeling raw and confused and distraught.
  — Eddy Martinez, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
• The driver was distraught as deputies showed up to investigate.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2019
• The man who’d gone from installing vinyl car roofs to leading one of rock’s greatest bands was distraught.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
• Jackson declined to talk about his future in a distraught postgame locker room.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2018
• Police said Selis was distraught over a breakup with a girlfriend .
  — Debbi Baker, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 May 2017
• Samberg looked distraught but players went up to comfort him.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2023
• So Archie gets suspended and Fred is distraught over it.
  — Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 2 Nov. 2017
• Alone in a foreign country with a new baby, Lois was distraught.
  — Cynthia Sewell, idahostatesman, 15 June 2018
• Being a pop star made Styrene even lonelier and more distraught.
  — Evelyn McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
• Residents opened their hearts and homes to distraught men, women and children.
  — Caryn M. Sullivan, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024