despairingly
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Yet few scenes in cinema depict the dismal reality of an ill-advised new marriage better than that of Rosy sitting on her new bed and rather despairingly running her gloved hand across its brass frame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
And to create this air of discomfort, Fennell crafted a movie that darts from hopeful to despairingly bleak in the blink of an eye.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
"We trust Pope Francis, but we don't trust others to listen to the voice of peace," he says despairingly.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2023
He speaks lyrically about winter rains, when the trees grow right out of the rising lake, and despairingly about the recent drops in water levels.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2022
Now it was Ralph's turn to flush but he spoke despairingly, out of the new understanding that Piggy had given him.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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