despair

Amid the despair created by the twin earthquakes in Venezuela, there are also incredible stories of survival.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

"You try to offer support as much as you can. You want to be close to those who are suffering. You notice a lot of sadness and despair."

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

Marked by moody, lo-fi production, the group’s intense sophomore album explores the duality of despair and hope.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

This leaves Jolie as the movie’s magnetic center, with Maxine drifting through despair as she ponders what to do.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

She sank down again and looked at it with despair.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

When her TV show is canceled, the actress does what you might predict given the movie’s exaggerated look and tone: She despairs at what she sees in the mirror and reaches for an outrageous solution.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2024

Kakar despairs at the plight of Afghans who remain in Pakistan.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

Then Isabel’s despairs stack, pressing her to expand her inquiry beyond the United States and diagnose history’s gravest injuries.

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2024

When they finally make it to their destination and find they’ll be sharing it with an unexpected houseguest, Leon grumbles and despairs of getting anything done.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

Another story: the emperor despairs of Ending a horse able to run a thousand li.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

But closer to the high-security perimeter, a crowd of worshippers despaired as police officers blocked their route.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

They mourned the loss of entertainment industry jobs and despaired over homeless people living in squalor.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

“I think the game is pretty near up,” Washington despaired to his brother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

You despaired because buying merchandise—both Fanatics’ own and products it retails—did not satiate your appetite to do e-commerce with this company.

From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2025

His rat soul longed inexplicably for it; he began to think that light was the only thing that gave life meaning, and he despaired that there was so little of it to be had.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo

Crowther shares a few scraps of despairing, Plathian verse, but almost entirely neglects her unfinished posthumous memoir, published in 1974 as “My Story.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

Tippett, a former NHS England boss who led on personalised care, told the BBC the result was "despairing".

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

As wars multiply, Pope Leo’s aides aren’t despairing about the possibilities of diplomacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

Dunk, though wounded and despairing of Baelor’s death, wins his trial and becomes a legend that characters in “A Song of Ice and Fire” recall as a true knight.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026

The stable hands, despairing of getting help to the track fast enough, fetched the only transportation on hand, a little runabout truck that the track starter used to motor around the course.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand