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

“These words have no place on News10NBC’s air, and the fact that we broadcast them disheartens and disgusts me; that it was not caught immediately is inexcusable,” he said in the statement.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 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

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

She told MarketWatch that she feels disheartened, sad and frustrated by the way things have played out.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Markle had also remarked early on that she was disheartened that so much coverage of her romance focused on her ethnicity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Alex, not their real name, also said they were disheartened.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

I warned them against the dangers of being disheartened and insisted we were doing quite well.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

But it’s disheartening that Mr. Kozinski sees the Christa Pike case not as a reason to end executions but instead a reason to switch to a different method: firing squads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“To turn on the TV, to see that environment in Los Angeles, that’s disheartening to see,” Lupoi said in Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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 is disheartening to see news channels," said Sukhjeet Narula, 28, a software professional.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

He sat glumly through the rest of the hearing, holding his head, which I found even more disheartening than when he was argumentative and distraught.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson