despair

After days of despair, he said he made a different choice — to survive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

But remember, despair isn’t activism—it’s just another impediment to progress.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

She invests the song’s complex storyline of submission and rebellion with pointed irony here and genuine despair there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

If despair is weighing you down, Miyazaki’s films and inheritors like “Avatar: The Last Airbender” are powerful antidotes.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

But if Hitler was hoping to break our spirit, to sow panic and despair, he must be sadly disappointed.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Kakar despairs at the plight of Afghans who remain in Pakistan.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

Then Isabel’s despairs stack, pressing her to expand her inquiry beyond the United States and diagnose history’s gravest injuries.

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2024

Pedro Sánchez, the contractor, who also holds the honorary post of mayor of San Bartolomé, likewise despairs of the weak dollar that has slowed construction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

Mr Jones said he "despairs" when visitors in north Wales are "let down" by the train network, and said that it was a "big, big disappointment".

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

But without academic credentials, he despairs of ever getting published in a scholarly journal.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Still, he kept laboring toward a perfection he didn’t always reach but never despaired of reaching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

But closer to the high-security perimeter, a crowd of worshippers despaired as police officers blocked their route.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

As Aduba ran through scenes in which Chisholm triumphantly campaigned or despaired at the obstacles to her success, “You could hear a pin drop,” Blanchett said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

You despaired because buying merchandise—both Fanatics’ own and products it retails—did not satiate your appetite to do e-commerce with this company.

From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2025

When the Bureau promoted him in 1944 to the Soviet Espionage Division, in Washington, DC, Lamphere despaired at first.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

That cruel realization haunts the cash-strapped protagonist of English filmmaker Mark Jenkin’s transfixing, increasingly despairing “Rose of Nevada.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Tippett, a former NHS England boss who led on personalised care, told the BBC the result was "despairing".

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

But Nina soon found herself despairing, once she realized she could not leave her hiding place.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

Any freelance journalist who finds herself despairing over the paltry rates that today’s assigning editors are offering might want to familiarize herself with Fanny Fern before her next negotiation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

They and the coyotes lived clever, despairing, submarginal lives.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck