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despondently





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Afterward he sat despondently in front of his locker with his head in his hands in a pose that spoke for a season.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2022

In an extended interaction between the two, Syril is hunched despondently over a bowl of cereal with blue milk, while Eedy demeans him:

From Salon Nov. 28, 2022

"I'm just wasting my time," he tells the BBC despondently.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2022

Smith is small, with a pixie haircut grown shaggy in quarantine—“mutton chops,” she said despondently.

From Slate Oct. 6, 2020

He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden had spilled all over the messy floor.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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