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

Question first, therefore: Is there by nature a bitter final taste, which makes the throat smart, and disheartens much the apprentice in Indian meal;—or is it accidental, and to be avoided?

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Thomas Carlyle

Litberg said he and the crew felt very disheartened about the theft but had been touched by the public’s support that came after.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

"I felt disheartened, I felt humiliated in so many ways," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Not everyone is disheartened by the military's successes.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

He upended the sack into the bucket and seemed disheartened by the results.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

To see Mulroy’s power being muted by Taylor is disheartening, Arnold said.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

He feels a particular responsibility to remember victims in his coverage and it's especially disheartening when he writes a story about an execution that doesn't make big news.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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

It must have been a bitter disappointment for Gene Johnson, so disheartening that he was never able to bring himself to publish an account of the expedition and its findings.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston