disheartenment

Example Sentences

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The letter, titled "Authors for Libraries," expresses disheartenment about "the recent attacks against libraries being made in our name by trade associations such as the Association of American Publishers and the Publishers Association."

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2022

Professor Marshall drew a great breath of disheartenment.

From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

I resume the quill with a feeling of disheartenment.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I by Barrington, Mrs. Russell

My performance was a failure, and to complete my disheartenment I reached the station about five minutes after the last eastern train had pulled out.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

But he was still too much the successful detective to allow his disheartenment to be seen by his admiring subordinate.

From The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Green, Anna Katharine