hopelessness

Example Sentences

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"I really don't think we're ever gonna see anything. So it's transferred from that obsession to like a hopelessness."

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

"It just feels bizarre, and I find so many of us don't really know how to feel right now, besides rage and hopelessness," she said.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

A second one is a sense of hopelessness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

“This is what has given this sense of absolute hopelessness, with people saying: I’ve got nothing else here to lose.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

The extreme light/dark contrasts throughout the painting imply the alternating emotions of hope and hopelessness.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell