despondent
Example Sentences
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Guilty and despondent, Donatello retreats to his empty family estate in Tuscany, where Kenyon tries to counsel him.
Aviles told the San Antonio Express-News, which published the text messages first, that the relationship and the professional ostracization his wife faced after it was discovered led her to become despondent before her death.
From Salon
McGrath then trudged off to the other side of the course, despondent, lying in the snow in angry reflection.
From Barron's
It seems an entirely different space to the general despondent economic vibe across much of the country.
From BBC
That attitude “has pretty much vanished from British society,” Dr. Daniels says, and it makes him despondent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
