dejected

Example Sentences

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Embassy in Bujumbura, Burundi, she watched anxiously as applicant after applicant left dejected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"We've all experienced losses but everyone was really dejected after that," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

SEOUL—After the last whistle blew at the youth women’s World Cup final in November, the Netherlands coach sounded dejected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

He was a dejected figure at Bay Oval at the end of the fifth day, looking down on the field as Black Caps players celebrated their victory with their families.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

The few civilians they saw in the distance seemed dejected and hungry and paid no attention to the prisoners.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren