Preposition: at

• thought: Nancy comforts Julie, who is distraught at the thought that she might have lost Steve forever.

• loss: She turns out to be Beatrice, distraught at the loss of her corsair lover.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• leave: Mom and Dad moved but Poncho did not fit in their plans, so off they drove leaving the dog distraught.

Modifies a noun

• mother: The story tells of a distraught mother who is seeking to find her lost child.

• father: It was there Colette's distraught father found her.

• wife: Last night, his distraught wife said that her husband had died doing something he loved.

• parent: Lewis's distraught parents seem to have something to hide.

• owner: Whoever the culprit, the theft always leaves a distraught owner or trainer or both.

• woman: I have been speaking at my door with the distraught woman who has let her daughter go lost.

Modifying Another Word

• emotionally: This is a nice note to end an otherwise emotionally distraught album.

• understandably: Will ' Osama ' - as another kid helpfully names the understandably distraught girl - be found out?

• absolutely: Roy is absolutely distraught, while Kate is resolute.

• totally: One day she got jammed in the toilet at school and was totally distraught and spent the next week jamming other children in.

• completely: Pete, on the other hand who is picking up the bill for dinner, is completely distraught.

• so: I was so distraught I nearly bit through my bottom lip.

Infinitive complement

• find: On his return home, he was distraught to find his comic cupboard empty.

Used with adjective complement

• feel: When he fails your perception of him, you begin to feel distraught.

• become: For example, parents can become distraught about their child needing five x-rays.

• leave: She shuts the door on him and he leaves distraught.

• look: Williams looked distraught - her father, Richard, could hardly bear to watch.