dispirited
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Only a few hundred dispirited Chelsea fans were still inside Wembley as Cole Palmer and Co trudged up the steps to collect their losers' medals following their FA Cup final defeat by Manchester City.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Four months on from what happened, I am quite dispirited.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
Fran Tarkenton arrived in New York City exhausted, dispirited and maybe a little confused.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024
Coming out of the studio, he could tell she was dispirited and needed someone to talk to, so he tried his best to encourage her.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
“We are up to the summer of 1939, eighty-four years ago if my math is correct,” I added, throwing in an arithmetical flourish that thoroughly dispirited her.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Vocabulary lists containing dispirited
The Red Pony
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The Wind in the Willows
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"Watership Down" by Richard Adams, Chapters 35-38
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