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dishearten

[dis-hahr-tn] / dɪsˈhɑr tn /


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Many young voters say that would dishearten them.

From Barron's Feb. 3, 2026

I began to wonder what we were going to find in this wasteland, but I didn’t want to say anything to dishearten Duncan.

From Seattle Times May 24, 2024

In “On Fire,” Naomi Klein’s purpose is not to dishearten but to awaken us to the growing global movement called the Green New Deal.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2023

Each day, 22 people die in want of organs, which should dishearten all Americans.

From Washington Post Mar. 31, 2023

“Do not be dishearten, young bahss. Today, we will be foun, to be true.”

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

“It saddens me, it disgusts me and disheartens me,” Alvarez said.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2023

"It disgusts me and disheartens me that people in our nation seem incapable of being decent people."

From Salon Nov. 23, 2022

It allows those who are responsible to remain unaccountable, and it disheartens those who seek to do the right thing.

From Washington Post Jul. 2, 2021

“These words have no place on News10NBC’s air, and the fact that we broadcast them disheartens and disgusts me; that it was not caught immediately is inexcusable,” he said in the statement.

From Slate Jan. 8, 2019

The reaction of our solitary emotions, after a social impulse of such peculiar excitement, very much disheartens and depresses us.

From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

He speculated that scholars and Americans in general were too disheartened by Vietnam to want to contemplate a traumatic rupture like the Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

"I am disheartened and sad each and every day... that we are told immigrants, which most of us are or descended from are unwelcome," wrote the 84-year-old Stewart.

From Barron's Jan. 27, 2026

Buchalter added that investors were likely more disheartened by Broadcom’s announcement of a fifth unnamed customer that it will deliver $1 billion of custom chips to late next year.

From MarketWatch Dec. 15, 2025

A pair of jeans could easily be a size 10 by one brand and a size 14 in another, leaving customers confused and disheartened.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2025

He was tired and disheartened over what had happened to the Empire Tern.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

“That’s really kind of disheartening — that we’ve tried our best to mitigate fires ... yet fires are destroying more homes,” said Amanda Carlson, a research scientist with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

After decades of looking forward to the freedom of a less stressful lifestyle, it is disheartening to be faced with difficult choices when income and savings fall short.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

But despite that disheartening start, four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist Tim Henman believes British tennis remains in a "far better place" than the pre-Andy Murray wilderness of the mid to late 2000s.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

We’ll see several startling upsets in this round that won’t end up mattering, along with a disheartening number of 0-0 and 1-1 draws.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

Mr. Curtain was turning the pages with disheartening speed, but Reynie dared not interrupt again.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart




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