despairingly

Example Sentences

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“Texas has produced no major writers or major books,” wrote Larry Jeff McMurtry, rather despairingly, in 2011.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023

"We trust Pope Francis, but we don't trust others to listen to the voice of peace," he says despairingly.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023

“The Egyptians live in the Republic of False Truths,” she writes despairingly to her lover and fellow protester.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2021

She tried to help a frustrated kindergartner learn how to read and watched despairingly as the kids watched cartoons on their tablets.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2021

Amid its devastation my mind flashed from thought to thought, despairingly in search of something left which it could rely on.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles