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're disappointed," said 64-year-old village chief Boniface Djabia, sounding dejected.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

An emotional Kyren Wilson is cutting a dejected and disconsolate figure in the dark and grey bowels of the York Barbican.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 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

Last of all came Fiver, dejected and reluctant as a sparrow in the frost.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams