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Recent Examples of distrait Roman bored, Kendall oddly distrait. Hunter Harris, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2021
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Adjective
  • The following year, he was arrested on a misdemeanor trespassing charge after becoming agitated when he was told to leave a suburban Las Vegas casino.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Remember how agitated Laura got when Daniel scraped his knee mountain biking?
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Alvord High School science teacher, who had told her students about feeding the sick kitten to the snake, gave three other kittens to a student who was distraught about the incident.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Dorsett described the children as distraught by their father's detention and said his absence has created emotional and financial hardship.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The slog of recovery is what's stuck with her even more than the frantic and frightening hours of the storm.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Less than an hour after making his frantic and somewhat miraculous 59-yarder, Butker missed the 33-yard extra point wide right.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The man, a legal researcher who lives legally in the United States, is worried he might be targeted by the federal government for speaking freely.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • As the day progressed though, Marsh became worried again.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The frightened campers are supposed to deliver the scares — but that only works as a set-up if the villain is lurking behind the next tree.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Republicans are frightened, too.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Distrait.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distrait. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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