disconsolately
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If a picture paints a thousand words, the image of Gauff disconsolately trudging off court at Wimbledon in July told us everything.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2023
More than three years after he disconsolately walked away from Seattle, Felix Hernandez is back, a vibrant part of the Mariners organization once more.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Valadon’s son slumps over disconsolately; her elderly mother stares passively; her tall young lover earnestly occupies his corner; while Valadon herself looks out warily, her mind somewhere else.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
I stared disconsolately at three crumpled slips of loose-leaf paper.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2019
Nivea wept disconsolately and lit candles to San Antonio, patron of lost objects.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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