disheartening
Example Sentences
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Shelly Corbin, a Native American activist who participated in the “Reimagining” meetings, found the federal suit disheartening.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The most disheartening aspect of Mr. Pielke’s op-ed is that his peer-reviewed efforts to correct the record were met with silence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
"You want to help… to go on the wards and see the mothers and babies, knowing that I might not be able to do this after I graduate, it's really disheartening."
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Jack Foreman, a third‑year student midwife from King's Lynn in Norfolk, said the situation was disheartening.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
It must have been a bitter disappointment for Gene Johnson, so disheartening that he was never able to bring himself to publish an account of the expedition and its findings.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
