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

Sick people ofttimes fall into a mood of disheartenment and self-pity which seriously retards their recovery.

From Making the Most of Life by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)

I resume the quill with a feeling of disheartenment.

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

Sadness gives place to joy, despair to hope, and disheartenment to encouragement.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett

It was in this period of doubt and disheartenment that I turned to my little daughter with gratitude and a deep sense of the mystery of her coming.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin