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

And all the books I have read and forgotten-the thought that my mind is really nothing but a sieve—this, too, at times disheartens me.

From Trivia by Logan Pearsall Smith

Markle had also remarked early on that she was disheartened that so much coverage of her romance focused on her ethnicity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

"Those students who are currently studying in those areas are feeling very disheartened, they're felling ignored and they're feeling quite disrespected."

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

She says she "wasn't as persistent as I should have been" when it came to trying out for different roles and easily "got disheartened", thinking "maybe this isn't for me".

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

I warned them against the dangers of being disheartened and insisted we were doing quite well.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“It’s a little disheartening to realize that somebody has done something that can’t be repaired — like, this damage cannot be repaired,” Gough said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

In many ways his post-match comments mirrored his team's performance - leaden, stale, disheartening.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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

Mom and Dad waited in line with their card for their designated food supply, and it was disheartening to see my parents so powerless.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana