black despondency

Example Sentences

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A big, lumbering hulk of a man, whose moods can range from desperate gaiety to black despondency, Roethke works slowly and painfully.

From Time Magazine Archive

But they were proud of him—undeniably proud, and this made him glad, through all his black despondency.

From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson

For some time the two men jointly attempted to argue Lilas out of her black despondency, and when they left it was with a hard-won promise that she would do nothing definite at once.

From The Auction Block by Beach, Rex Ellingwood