despondent

Example Sentences

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“I feel despondent about the City Council’s lack of interest in keeping places like this going and highlighting them as spots to be looked after and cared for.”

From The Wall Street Journal

In The Passenger, McCarthy describes a high school science fair project on pond ecology undertaken by his despondent hero, Bobby Western.

From Scientific American

A woman in one raft clutched the head of her despondent daughter.

From Seattle Times

Epstein was anxious and despondent during much of his time in jail, prompting concern from jail guards and psychological experts about his mental state.

From Seattle Times

She was despondent about the state of Philadelphia, most of all about the crime, but she talked about the mayoral primary as if it had little bearing on any of it.

From New York Times