Just ask the family of Amadou Diallo and others who were distraught when a jury acquitted four New York City police officers in the infamous case of the 41 bullets.
But she was distraught when an attempt to adopt a fourth baby was thwarted when she was denied approval.
They also cannot rule out, they say, the possibility that patients who expected their life would be transformed after treatment might be distraught when their social life did not improve.
But Kerouac was also gentle enough to be distraught when his mother wrote him during his Big Sur trip that his cat, Tyke, had died the night after he left Northport.
Still, Mr. McCain also said he was moved by a woman, Donna Duren, who stood in one of his audiences last Thursday and told how her teenage son had been distraught when he received a polling call telling him that Mr. McCain was a fraud.
Pleased with what looked like her breakout role, Ripley bought a dress for the premiere, though she was distraught when Branagh sent her a card apologising for cutting her scenes from the finished film.
Mr. Kurien was distraught when he was posted as a dairy engineer in Anand, a small town in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
Georgi was distraught when he learned that the teammate, a refugee from Afghanistan, had been deported with his family, "as if they were criminals," he said.
Pam Hutton said her 7-year-old son, Patrick, a budding goaltender, was distraught when Niemi was allowed to leave.
Gemma Pepper, from Darlington, said she was distraught when she first found out there was a problem with the implants.
