dejection

Example Sentences

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But Mr. Markovits’s writing is restrained and plainspoken, and it draws us in with the fidelity by which it inhabits Tom’s dejection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

And it can be the difference between hope and dejection at what is a very precarious time for most families.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

“I woke up with a big smile on my face today, feeling very loved by all of you,” he wrote on a carousel of photos showing his postrace dejection.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

The dejection for Glasgow is that they didn't find themselves until the task was all but insurmountable.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

If, in the moments I and my pupil spent with him, I lacked spirits and sank into inevitable dejection, he became even gay.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë