dejected
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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
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
"At a time when we should be connected, we find ourselves alone, down, dejected," Lindsay Foreman wrote in a poem entitled A Sad Voice From Evin Prison - A Christmas Poem.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
It was clear to everyone, though, including Joe and his dejected crewmates, that his mind was all but made up.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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