despair

Example Sentences

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Every facet of life - joy, despair and everything in between – co-existed under the strobe lights.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

As fall semester began, panic and then despair set in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

You have avoided great depths of despair and panic, and even greater heights of self-congratulation and ecstasy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

It’s far easier to sit in the boiling waters of despair until the heat becomes tolerable than it is to try to alter the temperature all on our own.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

The hypnotic stage was even longer in coming than before; and when it came the time remaining until full sunrise was so short that we began to despair.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker