despairingly
Example Sentences
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"We trust Pope Francis, but we don't trust others to listen to the voice of peace," he says despairingly.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2023
He speaks lyrically about winter rains, when the trees grow right out of the rising lake, and despairingly about the recent drops in water levels.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2022
Pashtana Durrani, the executive director of a nongovernmental organization that promotes girls’ education, spoke despairingly to Britain’s Channel 4 on Thursday, as the city was falling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
“The Egyptians live in the Republic of False Truths,” she writes despairingly to her lover and fellow protester.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2021
Amid its devastation my mind flashed from thought to thought, despairingly in search of something left which it could rely on.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
