Example sentences for: distraught

How can you use “distraught” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A visibly distraught Monica paces.

  • Those franchises with toys left have lines of SUVs and minivans wrapped around the block at the drive-thru; a BK spokesman tries to calm the panic by reassuring distraught moms and tots that the company is "working around the clock to move toys [to out-of-stock franchises].

  • Both violent and absurd, it features a hero (Joaquin Phoenix) who's guilty of a sexual indiscretion but gets more than he bargained for when the distraught husband of his mistress commits suicide and makes it look like a murder committed by--guess who?

  • A distraught look emerged on the husband's face and his wife stared coldly at him.

  • Yesterday, during L.A.'s rush hour, near one of the city's busiest intersections, a distraught man killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head--while many Angelenos watched on one or another of the local TV stations' live broadcasts.


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