despair
Example Sentences
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Details of organisations offering help and support with dementia, MND or feelings of despair are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.
From BBC
Khamenei famously initially rejected the nomination, putting his head in his hands in a show of despair and declaring, "I am opposed".
From Barron's
But those eager to own their own need not despair: The transit system announced shortly before 3 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times
With precision and care, the author elegantly chronicles his own shame, envy, boredom, regret and despair, illuminating his experiences with insights from philosophy, psychology, ethnography and history.
Little Charley’s “life was despaired of …” and Maria, who had already lost three young sons, wanted her family together.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
