dishearten

Example Sentences

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“I am both appalled and disheartened to hear of the horrid comments made by officials in McCurtain County,” Stitt said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

“I am both appalled and disheartened to hear of the horrid comments made by officials in McCurtain County,” the governor said in a statement.

From New York Times

Some of the migrants have become so disheartened they are returning home.

From Reuters

The Kings didn’t manage 30 wins in any season from 2009 to 2015, and even their flickers of promise ended in disheartening fashion.

From Washington Post

By the 1970s, as he became increasingly disheartened by the Vietnam War, he scaled back his private New York legal practice to devote himself to the cause of establishing an infrastructure for international justice.

From Washington Post