despair

Example Sentences

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Khamenei famously initially rejected the nomination, putting his head in his hands in a show of despair and declaring, "I am opposed".

From Barron's

But those eager to own their own need not despair: The transit system announced shortly before 3 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times

With precision and care, the author elegantly chronicles his own shame, envy, boredom, regret and despair, illuminating his experiences with insights from philosophy, psychology, ethnography and history.

From The Wall Street Journal

Little Charley’s “life was despaired of …” and Maria, who had already lost three young sons, wanted her family together.

From Literature

Dunk, though wounded and despairing of Baelor’s death, wins his trial and becomes a legend that characters in “A Song of Ice and Fire” recall as a true knight.

From Salon