crestfallen

Example Sentences

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Another ad focuses on online hate: A Jewish teen is shown crestfallen as he is trolled after posting a video of his bar mitzvah.

From Seattle Times

The performance never falters, but LaVoy shows particular range while playing the brother of the slain scholar in back-to-back vignettes — one impassioned, one crestfallen — while navigating the character’s Australian accent.

From Washington Post

In the space of 10 days Scotland have gone from buoyant belief for the World Cup play-offs to crestfallen soul-searching after a dismal defeat in Dublin.

From BBC

The army of perennial doomsayers about the financial condition of Social Security had to be a little crestfallen after the release of the program trustees’ annual report last week.

From Los Angeles Times

He looked tired, crestfallen or maybe just bored.

From New York Times