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

And so the familiarity of McBride’s M.O. disheartens.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2019

"That is what disheartens me; good people are so up in the clouds, where one can never get at them."

From Amy Herbert by Elizabeth Sewell

But Ward, who lost his leg following a medical incident on a cruise three years ago, has been left "very disheartened" and says he worries it will affect his independence.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

She told MarketWatch that she feels disheartened, sad and frustrated by the way things have played out.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

As the intense heat bears down on a tent where people can charge their devices, we initially meet two young Egyptian men who are visibly tired and disheartened.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

I do not wish to suggest, however, that I am disheartened or depressed or defeated.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

"It's disheartening… you feel powerless because the police are powerless," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

What we found was disheartening but also motivating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

"It is disheartening to see news channels," said Sukhjeet Narula, 28, a software professional.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

He sat glumly through the rest of the hearing, holding his head, which I found even more disheartening than when he was argumentative and distraught.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson