end in disappointment
Example Sentences
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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
Would its bid for a seventh European title end in disappointment?
From Washington Post • May 3, 2022
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
But a search for the most basic biographical information about the company’s chairman and co-founders, usually standard fare in offering documents, will end in disappointment.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2015
Others were toiling with hopes that might end in disappointment; and I was not.
From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.