The phrase "and distraught in a" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when describing a state of emotional distress or turmoil, often in a narrative or descriptive context.
Example: "She sat alone in her room, feeling lost and distraught in a world that seemed to have forgotten her."
Alternatives: "and troubled in a" or "and upset in a".
His early, moody monochromes in oil and beeswax convey a smoldering ardor that is courtly in manner and distraught in tone.
I'd seen him on the Spine training weekend in November and now here he was, distraught, in a cafe in Malham village – about 80 miles into the race, with another 188 to go.
Dizzy and distraught, I awake in a single-man cell with a yellow piece of paper resting on my chest.
Mr. Jefferson, like so many people, was a whole made up of contradictions: alternatively joyful and distraught; a man living in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, "who could look like a thug with his do-rag," by one friend's account, but who loved Beyoncé and Britney; someone who encouraged others to seek help but was too proud — or too closed off — to do so himself.
Five angry and distraught police officers in Orange, N.J., turned a deserted police headquarters hallway into "a stairwell of torture," as they beat and sprayed with pepper spray an unarmed man they mistakenly thought had killed a fellow officer, a prosecutor charged as closing arguments in the case began today.
Yanez is cooperating with the investigation and remains distraught in the wake of the shooting, Kelly said.
And "Misty" is the heartsick tale of a woman who takes a snowman into her bed, confused and distraught to greet the morning in a puddle.
Svetlana Kuznetsova arrived in the lounge, sweaty and distraught — she was late for an appointment.
Meanwhile, in December a gay woman was allegedly asked to stop consoling her distraught partner in a London restaurant, and research in September revealed gay and lesbian police officers still feel they can't reveal their sexuality.
A distraught redhead in a yellow dress and a handsome motorcyclist were dealing with the aftermath of their collision.
