dishearten

Many young voters say that would dishearten them.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

I began to wonder what we were going to find in this wasteland, but I didn’t want to say anything to dishearten Duncan.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

In “On Fire,” Naomi Klein’s purpose is not to dishearten but to awaken us to the growing global movement called the Green New Deal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

Each day, 22 people die in want of organs, which should dishearten all Americans.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

“Do not be dishearten, young bahss. Today, we will be foun, to be true.”

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

“It saddens me, it disgusts me and disheartens me,” Alvarez said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023

"It disgusts me and disheartens me that people in our nation seem incapable of being decent people."

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2022

It allows those who are responsible to remain unaccountable, and it disheartens those who seek to do the right thing.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021

And so the familiarity of McBride’s M.O. disheartens.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2019

Oh, madam, I ought to be with those brave fellows whom nothing disheartens.

From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Parents said they were disheartened and upset about the city’s actions because of the effects on the children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Fellow activist Louis Lee said Wong and his supporters were disheartened that he was handed another NSL charge while already serving time in prison.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

"When I found out I was heartbroken - I was distraught and completely disheartened," they said.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

I am disheartened by the merely contemporary and hence indifferent to every fad.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

“You can’t get so disheartened when someone doesn't act the way you want them to. Even Mr. Darcy wasn't perfect. And just because someone makes you feel uncomfortable doesn't make them your mom.”

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

She wants the administration to admit what she sees as its mistakes, calling the lack of transparency disheartening.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“It’s a little disheartening to realize that somebody has done something that can’t be repaired — like, this damage cannot be repaired,” Gough said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

To the members of Good Good, it’s especially disheartening because they say they have sought to promote the inclusivity of women.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

What was really disheartening was the fact that day in and day out, they weren’t on the battlefield.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

Jesse and Eric were thankful for their deliverance, but it was shocking, even disheartening, to see that while they’d ridden the Internet hallway across the country, in some ways they hadn’t gone anywhere.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz