hopelessness

Example Sentences

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These can include hopelessness, difficulty thinking clearly, or anhedonia -- the inability to feel pleasure and loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

"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

The song, from Harrison’s first solo album after the Beatles’ breakup, urges the listener not to be swallowed by “the hopelessness around you in the dead of night.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

On the faces of the people around us, I could see a universal expression, among the young and old—a look of hopelessness, a sense of resignation.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana