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How to use distraught in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Distraught means deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress. Example: “His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.”

Examples of distraught by meaning

adjectiveDeeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

  • His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.
  • Harry was said to be “distraught” about the decision, made just days before the family was due to arrive, but was reportedly keen to find a way to make the trip work.2026 June 28, Josh Halliday, quoting Prince Harry, “Prince Harry may cancel UK family visit after being refused police protection”, in The...

More sentences with distraught

  • “I can’t believe wordle would do me like that with RUPEE why 😭😭,” said another distraught fan.2022 March 1, “Rupee—Wordle 255 stumps fans as many ‘freak out’ about losing their streaks”, in Woman&Home. From the entry do someone like that
  • A wonderful coworker came into the office the other morning quite distraught about her dog.2007, Susan Reinhardt, Don't Sleep with A Bubba: Unless Your Eggs Are in Wheelchairs, page 244. From the entry humpathon
  • Who benefits from seeing daily pictures of Madeleine McCann’s distraught mother clutching her missing child’s toy?2007 May 11, Mick Hume, “Portugal: let’s all make it worse”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05…. From the entry paedophile-phobia
  • In fact Eline betrothes herself to Nils Lykke and is distraught shen she learns who he is.1985, Keith M. May, “The Poet-Dramatist: Catiline to Peer Gynt”, in Ibsen and Shaw, Basingstoke, Hampshire: The Macmillan Press, published…. From the entry betroth
  • “Eddie!” whinnied Daley, the distraught worshipper of the bang-tails.1934, Stanley Walker, City Editor, published 1999, page 99. From the entry bangtail
  • He has added that he is distraught that Tana has "fled" to LA, and is no-speaks with both him and her uncomprehending mother, Greta.2010 November 4, Marina Hyde, The Guardian. From the entry no speaks
  • And as the eye rested on him, he too filled me with pity and terror, for his map was flushed and his manner distraught.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X. From the entry map
  • “You've left me on read since one o'clock.” This was true; she'd sent me a long string of increasingly distraught and complicated emojis that I'd flicked away to decipher later.2021, Katie Jane Gallagher, Unearthly, Hidden Bower Press. From the entry leave someone on read
  • Gently, with a hand on its furry neck, the three- or four-day-old mooseling was towed back to the shore where the distraught mother was thrashing and stomping among the trees.1915, Ruth Kedzie Wood, The Tourist's Maritime Provinces, Dodd, Mead, p. 42 (Google snippet view). From the entry mooseling

Meaning of distraught

  1. adjective Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.
  2. adjective Mad; insane.

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Questions about distraught in a sentence

How do you use distraught in a sentence?
Distraught is used as an adjective. For example: “His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.”
What is a short sentence with distraught?
“His distraught widow cried for days, feeling very alone.”
What does distraught mean?
Distraught means deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; incapacitated by distress.

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