despairingly

Example Sentences

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"We have no place to stay, 90% of the houses are destroyed," one father told us despairingly as he picked his way through the new piles of rubble.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2024

“Welcome to life, ladies,” the more cultivated Morgana despairingly tells them.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022

“The Egyptians live in the Republic of False Truths,” she writes despairingly to her lover and fellow protester.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2021

She tried to help a frustrated kindergartner learn how to read and watched despairingly as the kids watched cartoons on their tablets.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2021

In rivers, a really incredible variety of pollutants combine to produce deposits that the sanitary engineers can only despairingly refer to as “gunk.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson