disheartening

Example Sentences

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We’ll see several startling upsets in this round that won’t end up mattering, along with a disheartening number of 0-0 and 1-1 draws.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Shelly Corbin, a Native American activist who participated in the “Reimagining” meetings, found the federal suit disheartening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

"It is particularly disheartening that any opportunity for this location to be developed as a meaningful community or tourism asset now appears to be lost," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

"Unfortunately, it didn't match," Sutherland says, adding: "That was a bit of a disheartening moment."

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

It must have been a bitter disappointment for Gene Johnson, so disheartening that he was never able to bring himself to publish an account of the expedition and its findings.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston