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
"Ain't nothin' pleasant ter think of in er horspital," wailed John, the present disheartenment clouding over all past happiness.
From The Primrose Ring by Ruth Sawyer
The consequence was the most profound disheartenment, endured in silence, with the exquisite uncomplaining fortitude of a little child.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Sarah Grand
Every word he uttered made more apparent to Cavanagh that Lee Virginia would derive nothing but pain and disheartenment from a knowledge that her father 168 lived.
From Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West by Hamlin Garland
Professor Marshall drew a great breath of disheartenment.
From The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
