Sentence examples for were distraught to learn from inspiring English sources

For instance, residents of Quentin, Pa., near Harrisburg, were distraught to learn last month that a stoplight intersection in town might be turned into a roundabout.

We knew what had happened to us was tragic, but once we heard from Kathmandu, notifying us about the devastation that had occurred across Nepal, we were distraught to learn about the thousands dead and the millions displaced from their homes.

"I was distraught to learn my son had lost his innocence like that," the woman told me.

Bet says good-bye to Arnold, goes to the station where she is distraught to learn that her train will be 20 minutes late.

But they will be distraught to learn that Soundgarden's Chris Cornell joined only on the condition that the songs would be free of political content.

Lia does her best to be outrageous by calling her parents Graham and Paula (their names are Sarah and Ben) and would be distraught to learn that she has a standard set of challenges: 435 Facebook friends but a few troublesome real ones, a fog around career plans, a boy who fails to notice her, not enough money for the jacket she craves.

Cartman is distraught to discover that most of the park's attendants are people of different races, while Kyle is disgusted to learn so many people freely urinate in the pools.

At first, I felt distraught to learn that she was mentally ill.

"I'm distraught, to say the least," Phillips said.

Chamberlain was distraught after learning of his father's condition in a phone message from his sister after the Yankees' 8-5 loss in Boston on Sunday.

The Muslims in the series include a C.I.A. analyst, an Egyptian doctor and a Chechen-born auto dealer living in Michigan who is distraught after learning his son has become a terrorist.