despondently

Example Sentences

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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 not sure I'll get a token today," he says despondently.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022

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

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2020

“If life is often as hard as this, I don’t see how we ever shall get through it,” added her sister despondently.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott