Example sentences for: distraught

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

  • Meanwhile, Jordan's distraught citizens continued to pray for a miracle cure.

  • In the days that followed, friends and family members described Foster as distraught over the demands of his job and suffering from clear signs of depression.

  • In Fontana, California, a distraught man called the local hospital requesting a crisis hot line to call when he felt like stalking women, which he'd been previously convicted of.

  • A distraught Murphy proclaimed the original version of the famous maxim: "If there are two or more ways to do something and one of those results in a catastrophe, then someone will do it that way."

  • Michelle Pfeiffer's turn as the distraught mother is singled out for praise; many reviewers call it "an exceptional performance ...


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