Word: distraughtly
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Amelie Poulain isn't a witch, but the situations she conjures up are magical. Dead men write soothing letters to heart-broken wives they abandoned long ago. Abducted garden gnomes send photos of their world travels to calm distraught owners. Callous men weep with rediscovered emotion when long-lost childhood treasures materialize from nowhere. Even guardian angels who repair the fatal mishaps of their wards learn to nurture hopes and loves of their...
...Larry is typical of many others: he opposes the death penalty but not this time. "I'm for it. I'm hoping it will give the victims closure." Beth Carpenter had worked in the building until the month before the bombing and lost scores of friends. She was distraught at the news of the delay. "He deserves to be executed," she said. "I don't want to see him anymore." As for McVeigh, he could look forward to some long sessions with his lawyers and boxes and boxes of papers. But if last week just delayed the inevitable...
...clear to all of us that the student had suffered a great deal for her mistake, and was incredibly distraught over the possibility that it would be publicized. Friends and colleagues pointed out that an article would likely be seen by her teaching fellows, professors and casual acquaintances, and while it was unclear what their reaction to it might be, running the article would very likely cause her significant harm...
Take the Egyptian god Osiris. He married his sister Isis, was made King of Mankind, and then became the target of his brother Set’s jealousy. Set dismembered Osiris and scattered the pieces of his body all over Egypt. Isis was distraught and sought to save her husband, so she scoured the country to find the pieces of her husband’s body. She found each part and bound them together, creating the first mummy, and bringing Osiris back to life to rule as the King of the Dead...
...fling with a prostitute, and that he owes her $5 million. Joel Weissman, the attorney who represents both Florida wives, argues that such clauses are a justifiable way to make spouses pay for violating their marriage vows. "Why not put in a provision that says if I am emotionally distraught that you have done this to me, you have to give me something?" he asks. "It's just like any other contract...