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
Sometimes waves of disheartenment came on cloudy days of testing, when the sun was hidden and life looked cheerless and hard.
From The First Soprano by Mary Hitchcock
It was a disheartenment from which nothing in the future, no hope, no dream, could deliver him.
From The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair
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
Fatigue and worry are succeeded by profound disheartenment.
From The Heavenly Twins by Madame Sarah Grand
