despairing

Example Sentences

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The angry, despairing look on team owner Lawrence Stroll's face in Bahrain said it all.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Any freelance journalist who finds herself despairing over the paltry rates that today’s assigning editors are offering might want to familiarize herself with Fanny Fern before her next negotiation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Even those with abundant resources often end up in a similarly despairing cycle.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

This, in turn, can drive despairing male viewers ever further into the manosphere.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

They were even despairing faces: as if the people they belonged to had done dreadful things and also suffered dread ful things.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis