dispirited
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Its cast includes the bickering members of a Sri Lankan hotel cleaner’s family, insecure American freshmen, dead-end third-tier college professors and their highflying Ivy League counterparts and dispirited university functionaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Only a few hundred dispirited Chelsea fans were still inside Wembley as Cole Palmer and Co trudged up the steps to collect their losers' medals following their FA Cup final defeat by Manchester City.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
It was an example of what appeared to be Tudor's 'tough love' approach, as opposed to Frank's warmer and more empathetic style, leaving the Spurs squad looking even more dispirited than when he arrived.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
The injured and dispirited Saints have lost five in a row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
The sheriff, hardly an hour into his day, was already tired and dispirited.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing dispirited
The Red Pony
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The Wind in the Willows
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"Watership Down" by Richard Adams, Chapters 35-38
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