Sample Sentences for
distraught
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    I guess I just got distraught, watching them.  (source)
    distraught = severely worried or dismayed
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    She woke her up with the same distraught shake.  (source)
    distraught = extremely distressed
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    Minho was standing behind him, looking distraught and dirty, and spotted Thomas first.  (source)
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    The distraught girl was interrupted by the boat's rushing up onto sandy shore.  (source)
    distraught = extremely distressed
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    Instead of feeling distraught over this turn of events, moreover, McCandless was exhilarated: He saw the flash flood as an opportunity to shed unnecessary baggage.  (source)
    distraught = distressed
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    Angela stood between her determined mother and her distraught partner, paralyzed by the burden of choice.  (source)
    distraught = extremely distressed
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    My father gave money instead and she was distraught, saying that wasn't the same.  (source)
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    His face was tight and closed, but I could tell he was distraught.  (source)
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    Frantic now, he plunges into the moving crowd, searching each row of distraught women.  (source)
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    He had been upset and distraught on the day of his arrest, but he was so sure he'd be released soon.  (source)
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    Some seemed calm; others were shaking their heads or looking distraught.  (source)
    distraught = distressed
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    In spite of her distraught state, Laila almost laughed.  (source)
    distraught = extremely distressed
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    I was beside myself; distraught beyond words.  (source)
    distraught = distressed
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