disheartenment
Example Sentences
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The letter, titled "Authors for Libraries," expresses disheartenment about "the recent attacks against libraries being made in our name by trade associations such as the Association of American Publishers and the Publishers Association."
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2022
The consequence was the most profound disheartenment, endured in silence, with the exquisite uncomplaining fortitude of a little child.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Sarah Grand
It was in this period of doubt and disheartenment that I turned to my little daughter with gratitude and a deep sense of the mystery of her coming.
From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
But he was still too much the successful detective to allow his disheartenment to be seen by his admiring subordinate.
From The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green
It would be difficult to imagine a more amazing translation—and yet, now that she was back in the midst of it, she gave no sign of the disheartenment she must have felt.
From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
