end in disappointment
Example Sentences
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Having won gold in 2012 and 2016, Jones saw her bid for a third straight Olympic triumph end in disappointment.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2022
He locked up his tires on a pit stop 25 laps from the end, was forced to make a drive-through penalty for the mistake and saw his milk-splashed dreams end in disappointment.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2022
Price’s run might end in disappointment, but that he finally made it will resonate with his peers.
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2021
Inter’s first game in the competition since 2012 looked set to end in disappointment when Tottenham playmaker Christian Eriksen’s shot took a lucky deflection and looped into the net in the 53rd minute.
From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2018
False, cruel girl that she was, how could she encourage me as she had done, to nurse delusive hopes which, as she must have known, would only end in disappointment!
From She and I, Volume 1 by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
