dispiritedly

Example Sentences

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There it sat, refusing to decompose, for several days, until I finally went out and dispiritedly moved both layers to the garbage can.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

A traveler in the rural South in the summertime is always eating dinner, dispiritedly, in the barely waning heat of the day.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2017

“Actually, I can’t vote for Bernie,” he told me dispiritedly.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 19, 2016

I have seen dozens of Tumblrs about young women throwing Book 2 across the room, or at least writing of closing it quietly and dispiritedly.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2014

We piled back into the old, dispiritedly lit coaches waiting for us, slumped into the uncomfortable green seats, and no one said much until we were miles away.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles