disappointment
Example Sentences
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“We need the next three days to get over the disappointment and fatigue,” Broos said, before addressing his team’s mere two shots on goal.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
The public’s drift from space, he argued, wasn’t the apathy of a tired people but the disappointment of a hopeful one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Investors expressed their disappointment, as the departure comes just three months after the company said CEO Shantanu Narayen will be stepping down after 18 years in the job after a successor is named.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
A coalition of children's rights organisations, health professional bodies, charities, and community and voluntary sector groups, the Equal Protection Working Group, expressed "profound disappointment".
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
But after lunch, Cat’s disappointment had been pushed aside by a squirmy feeling.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Vocabulary lists containing disappointment
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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