despondent
Example Sentences
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“I feel despondent about the City Council’s lack of interest in keeping places like this going and highlighting them as spots to be looked after and cared for.”
That includes Rachel Ogborn, who sobbed as she detailed repeated emergency room trips with her despondent child about the time puberty began.
From Seattle Times
He was shaken and despondent over the chaotic events of the day and uncharacteristically quick to anger, Ms. Smith said.
From New York Times
Others, despondent, are deleting cellphone contacts altogether, so they don’t leave a digital trail.
From Seattle Times
They were soon in despondent mood as Nice went 2-0 up.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
