despondent
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He was so despondent, his mother said, that she felt her only option was to allow them to be sent back to El Salvador, a country Edwin left when he was 5.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
Guilty and despondent, Donatello retreats to his empty family estate in Tuscany, where Kenyon tries to counsel him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
McGrath then trudged off to the other side of the course, despondent, lying in the snow in angry reflection.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
Hope is a commodity in short supply for the town’s despondent and fearful residents.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025
Regardless of what had been going on between us that day, deep down, none of us wanted Ruth to return home despondent, and at that moment we thought we were safe.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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