disheartenment

Example Sentences

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The letter, titled "Authors for Libraries," expresses disheartenment about "the recent attacks against libraries being made in our name by trade associations such as the Association of American Publishers and the Publishers Association."

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2022

What would prevent the beauty from seeing it also and preempting to herself the honors of his disheartenment?

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

"Ain't nothin' pleasant ter think of in er horspital," wailed John, the present disheartenment clouding over all past happiness.

From The Primrose Ring by Sawyer, Ruth

But he was still too much the successful detective to allow his disheartenment to be seen by his admiring subordinate.

From The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Green, Anna Katharine

Harriett was talking of the monument Cyrus thought there should be at the cemetery; Ruth listened and replied—seemed only tired, and all the while these thoughts were shaping themselves in her inner confusion and disheartenment.

From Fidelity A Novel by Glaspell, Susan