despair

Example Sentences

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After spending much of the day queuing, he did not manage to enter the bank there, and despairs at the idea of having to go back again.

From BBC

He said misinformation about the virus made him "despair" and warned that we must not "blunder into the future without looking back at the past".

From BBC

He said that rather than sink in despair, he chose to remain optimistic and keep moving to “show them what you do when something this traumatic and dramatic happens to you.”

From Los Angeles Times

Some may wish to avoid Loktev’s film because of those despairing parallels.

From Los Angeles Times

Joy, confusion, fascination and despair take over her entire face instantaneously, turning Buckley’s performance into an acting exercise of being raw and present.

From Los Angeles Times