crestfallen

Example Sentences

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A team man, the crestfallen Pope would have only been thinking about the door he had just unlocked and pushed open for Australia - a door the hosts would spend the day strolling straight through.

From BBC

The boys looked crestfallen, and Penelope rushed to explain.

From Literature

The children, whose tendency to get carried away was exceeded only by their eagerness to please, looked crestfallen.

From Literature

Another ad focuses on online hate: A Jewish teen is shown crestfallen as he is trolled after posting a video of his bar mitzvah.

From Seattle Times

Bobby, crestfallen, recalled: “I went to the phone booth and called my mother to tell her the bad news. In the booth next to me was Bisguier, phoning his good news to his family.”

From Literature