despair

“The Ford/Hill Project” filled me with sadness but not despair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The judge said diary entries by her suggest she was "overwhelmed by feelings of rejection, abandonment and emotional despair".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

In nearly three years since the brutal attack on Israel, American Jews have been experiencing unprecedented trauma and despair, with escalating antisemitism around the world and across our own country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

"I have no plans to take the exam elsewhere; financially, it is not possible for me to take it outside Iran," she told AFP, describing the "sheer despair" among Iranians hoping to study abroad.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

A feeling of despair was also edging its way into the group.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

When her TV show is canceled, the actress does what you might predict given the movie’s exaggerated look and tone: She despairs at what she sees in the mirror and reaches for an outrageous solution.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2024

Kakar despairs at the plight of Afghans who remain in Pakistan.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

Then Isabel’s despairs stack, pressing her to expand her inquiry beyond the United States and diagnose history’s gravest injuries.

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2024

Now he despairs of the international community because it is not doing more to stop the fighting.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2024

Another story: the emperor despairs of Ending a horse able to run a thousand li.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

Things became "very difficult indeed" in the marriage early on, Earl Spencer writes, adding that he is "sure that both spouses despaired of the other at times".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

But closer to the high-security perimeter, a crowd of worshippers despaired as police officers blocked their route.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

After deep contemplation, she despaired, writing: “Nature’s silence is its one remark, and every flake of world is a chip off that old mute and immutable block.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

You despaired because buying merchandise—both Fanatics’ own and products it retails—did not satiate your appetite to do e-commerce with this company.

From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2025

My dear Miss Lydia, By now you have despaired of me and decided that I am a man who does not honor his word.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

Despite facing notable challenges and coming of age in a culture infected by “big woe,” or an onslaught of despairing information, Moore believes there is still reason for young people to be optimistic.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Crowther shares a few scraps of despairing, Plathian verse, but almost entirely neglects her unfinished posthumous memoir, published in 1974 as “My Story.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

But he's already despairing about his future housing prospects.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

As wars multiply, Pope Leo’s aides aren’t despairing about the possibilities of diplomacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

Late in the despairing afternoon I stopped my truck and approached a majestic Maine state trooper.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck