disheartened
Example Sentences
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David Badcock, from the Drug Science Scientific Committee, said he was "disheartened" at the proposed ban and the government was "going completely against its own advisory panel".
From BBC
But what they witnessed left them feeling disheartened.
From Washington Post
We, too, were disheartened by the unfilled positions in the 2023 match.
From Washington Post
Lange watched, disheartened, as a commissioner reassured the neighbor that the board would not make any changes to the health plan that year.
From Salon
“I was disheartened because as a Black theater artist, I want our work to be seen as just as valuable and as important and as immediate to Broadway audiences as anything else.”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.