dishearten

Many young voters say that would dishearten them.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

I began to wonder what we were going to find in this wasteland, but I didn’t want to say anything to dishearten Duncan.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

In “On Fire,” Naomi Klein’s purpose is not to dishearten but to awaken us to the growing global movement called the Green New Deal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

Each day, 22 people die in want of organs, which should dishearten all Americans.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

“Do not be dishearten, young bahss. Today, we will be foun, to be true.”

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

“It saddens me, it disgusts me and disheartens me,” Alvarez said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023

"It disgusts me and disheartens me that people in our nation seem incapable of being decent people."

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2022

It allows those who are responsible to remain unaccountable, and it disheartens those who seek to do the right thing.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021

“These words have no place on News10NBC’s air, and the fact that we broadcast them disheartens and disgusts me; that it was not caught immediately is inexcusable,” he said in the statement.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2019

"Is it—" her hesitations were delightful to him—"is it the want of recognition that disheartens you?"

From The Divine Fire by May Sinclair

Parents said they were disheartened and upset about the city’s actions because of the effects on the children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Not everyone is disheartened by the military's successes.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

I am disheartened by the merely contemporary and hence indifferent to every fad.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

"So I don't think we should be too surprised or disheartened."

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

And each day he’d come away from the mailbox disheartened.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

What we found was disheartening but also motivating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

“To turn on the TV, to see that environment in Los Angeles, that’s disheartening to see,” Lupoi said in Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Prof Mike Steer, executive director of the South Australian Research and Development Institute which helped carry out the underwater surveys, said the unprecedented low estimate this year was "disheartening".

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

What was really disheartening was the fact that day in and day out, they weren’t on the battlefield.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

Visitors keep one’s spirits up in prison, and the absence of them can be disheartening.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela