disconsolate

Example Sentences

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Marianne is first consumed by her own infatuation, then disconsolate when Willoughby dumps her for an heiress, and finally felled by a fever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

A frustrated and disconsolate Rory McIlroy signed for a seven-over 78 as his quest to win a second Open title floundered on a wet and windy opening morning at Royal Troon.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

After his opening round at Royal Troon - a stumbling, disconsolate 78 that summoned memories of Portrush in 2019 - the only logical response to that query is ‘not this year’.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

He’d always been change-averse; when I rearranged the furniture in our Ohio family room when Aaron was about 6, he was disconsolate, wailing for days like King Lear in the storm: “Why is everything different?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2024

Her voice was trembling with sadness, and she wiped her disconsolate face as she disappeared behind the hut and headed back to the main village.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah