disappointment
Example Sentences
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That is the ultimate disappointment when you feel you are letting people down who come here and support us.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Last quarter’s earnings report was even more of an investor disappointment.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
While acknowleding the possibility of mild investor disappointment versus the run-up in expectations, he still fancies estimates to be raised over the next few quarters.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Even my own feelings for those motorized metal coolers are fueled by existential disappointment as much as personal irritation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
The way down the other side was just as impossible, and their hearts sank with disappointment.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Vocabulary lists containing disappointment
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Pass It On," "If There Be Pain," and "Sonnet 30"
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Orphan Train
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