(1) Their families are said be be distraught at the news and have been clinging to the hope their daughters would want to come home.
(2) They’re all really distraught because this is another new year for them on Nauru,” she said.
(3) Following the statement, distraught relatives of Chinese passengers attacked Malaysia for announcing the crash and loss of life without direct proof, and for wasting the best chance to rescue those on board.
(4) Aware of the likely sensitivity around the issue, programme-makers had already made last-minute cuts to the New Year's Eve episode, including shots of a distraught Ronnie touching the cold hand of her dead baby, and Kat in blood-soaked pyjamas after her husband finds her haemorrhaging in her bed.
(5) He’s still distraught at not getting in to Old Trafford.
(6) And even though she was visibly distraught after the verdict was read out she feels that it wasn't going to be any other way.
(7) Distraught, I brought it into the office on Monday to gauge the opinions of my fashion colleagues.
(8) David Miliband was leaning hard towards quitting two days ago – "too distraught, too disappointed" said one ally – but if he had any doubts they were settled by the spat over the Iraq war he had with Harriet Harman , picked up by the TV cameras, during his brother's keynote speech to conference as leader on Tuesday.
(9) The Duchess was left distraught and broke down sobbing during the proceedings.
(10) The way everyone was distraught at the final whistle, meant this game was always going to be like this.
(11) She added, they are "scared and distraught, can't believe it's true, don't want it to be true".
(12) Those who want to say something about the atrocities in the Middle East may indeed be genuinely distraught, they may feel that the need to pass on this visual information places them on some unquestionable moral high ground.
(13) An elderly woman, distraught over the recent death of her husband, was found dead of an apparent suicide.
(14) Earlier in the day, Anthony Little, the brother-in-law of the uspect, emerged from the house and told NBC4 the family were "distraught".
(15) Aaron Campbell was at his girlfriend’s flat and was said to be distraught over the death of his brother, whom he had nursed before he succumbed to heart disease and kidney failure.
(16) Sitting with the child and parents in my office and seeing how distraught they all were was heartbreaking.
(17) At one point, he became so distraught that Judge Brian Keith interrupted proceedings to tell Adoboli that he shouldn't be embarrassed about becoming overrun by his emotions, and that it gave the jury a chance to "see the man behind the name".
(18) The action was described by Miss F as having left her mother, who had no involvement in the disagreement, "totally distraught" in the last weeks of her life.
(19) He is able to speak but obviously he’s absolutely distraught – he’s absolutely broken.
(20) Distraught and weeping, she was surrounded by reporters and cameramen.
Saddened
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Sadden
Example Sentences:
(1) We are deeply saddened," said Nyan Win, a spokesman of National League for Democracy.
(2) A statement from the club read: "Everybody at Sheffield United is extremely shocked and saddened to learn of the death of former player and manager Gary Speed.
(3) Maybe that's why it saddens me so much to say that with every passing generation, the original syntactical structure of a language diminishes further.
(4) A spokesman for Downing Street said: "The prime minister was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Gary Speed, who was greatly respected by football fans across the country both as a player and manager.
(5) In a statement issue by his office, British prime minister David Cameron said: "I am deeply saddened by the news that the bodies of the three Israeli boys kidnapped on 12 June have been found this evening.
(6) It said in a statement: "We are saddened and upset by the recent suicides at Foxconn.
(7) Vandals have spray painted the word “evil” across a far north Queensland mosque – an act the local mayor describes as deeply saddening.
(8) I am truly saddened by Dick’s decision but I respect him for his honesty and for doing what he feels is right for the club,” said Sunderland’s owner.
(9) The NCYPE's chief executive, David Ford, said: "We are very saddened to hear this news.
(10) "I'm aware that a number of my friends will be saddened, or shocked, or shocked-saddened, over some of the chapters of The Catcher in the Rye.
(11) It still saddens me that we insist on having the changeover in August in the middle of school holidays and by far the busiest month for consultants to take their leave.
(12) Sports journalist Patrick Kidd said he was "immensely saddened" by Harding's "enforced resignation".
(13) Michelle Mitchell, charity director at Age UK, said they were greatly saddened to hear of the two deaths.
(14) Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, added: "We are shocked and saddened to hear the news that a teacher has been stabbed to death at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds.
(15) In his article, Smith writes: "What really saddens me, though, is seeing the Environment Agency's work and expertise in flood-risk management, internationally respected and locally praised in many parts of the country, being used as a political football for a good media story."
(16) Last week, Ward said he was "saddened that the Jews, who suffered unbelievable levels of persecution during the Holocaust, could within a few years of liberation from the death camps be inflicting atrocities on Palestinians in the new state of Israel and continue to do so on a daily basis in the West Bank and Gaza".
(17) Ghani immediately sacked Sharifi and said in a statement he was “deeply saddened” by the incident.
(18) I am saddened by what is happening to Yemen – the wars, the bombings, the destruction,” said Samir.
(19) The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, who spoke on the phone with Marois in what was described as a "cordial first contact", said he was "angered and saddened" by the shooting.
(20) "I would not only be surprised but deeply saddened if I thought anyone came away from that video feeling taken advantage of, or compromised in any way," she wrote.