disconsolation

Example Sentences

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In London the Council of Foreign Ministers achieved only the disconsolation of all in the world who desired peace, not power.

From Time Magazine Archive

It came from the cells of shame, disconsolation and despair.

From Her Weight in Gold by McCutcheon, George Barr

Her graceful head was bowed down by the sharp stroke of the humiliation which had just stricken her, and her whole attitude was that of hopeless disconsolation.

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

We reposed that night among the camp equipment, the sick man caring for naught in his physical collapse and disconsolation.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

But there was much of disconsolation in his voice.

From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank