disconsolate

Example Sentences

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The head coach cut a disconsolate figure at full-time.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

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

Roma's disconsolate technical director Florent Ghisolfi talked to the press after the defeat.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 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

However it was three rather disconsolate creatures that sat down to early breakfast after a few hours’ fitful sleep.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques