disappointments
Example Sentences
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There are always disappointments in football, but this was my biggest one yet.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
This has been true for a very long time and remains true at a time of compounding terrors, crimes and disappointments.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
The latter means they don’t consistently have enough pricing power to keep margins stable and are therefore vulnerable to earnings disappointments.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
After a series of disappointments culminating in last year’s bomb “Elio,” Docter is pushing Pixar to re-embrace the universally relatable concepts like talking toys and monsters in the closet that once made it a juggernaut.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
You’d think that Mrs. Baker would try to make up for the holiday disappointments of the Camillo Junior High kitchen over those three days.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
