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
Tuvalu's prime minister voiced disappointment Friday over the island nation's fossil fuel holdings, after AFP revealed a trust fund for the climate change-threatened state had invested in oil and coal.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
For her it was filled with memories of sadness and disappointment.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Vocabulary lists containing disappointment
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Pass It On," "If There Be Pain," and "Sonnet 30"
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