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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A policewoman was trying to calm the boy's distraught mother.
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Benson was so distraught over the breakup of his marriage that he committed suicide.
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Casey was totally distraught that they were throwing him out of school.
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He could see that I was distraught , but he still kept asking me questions.
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The distraught parents of the missing baby have made a public appeal for her return.
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We were all distraught about the accident, but Mama was the most upset.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lot of men are distraught at not being able to give birth and there's little to be done about that.
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Her distraught family were given the bombshell news yesterday as the model lapsed in and out of horrific hallucinations.
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His father, who lives in Basildon, is said to be distraught .
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Mrs Drummond was distraught when she realised Isabelle's condition.
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The androids had pulled the shaking and distraught officer from the wreck of the room and taken him directly to their controller.
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Totally distraught , Amy told her parents.