despair

Example Sentences

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For all of the pain and despair at the heart of Preston’s story, his musical contributions brim with optimism and panache.

From Salon

All would be lost, however, without Mays’ quicksilver brilliance — the way he can shift from savage irony to vindictive rage to godless despair in the space of a line.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of Chip’s despair was beginning to infect Jonah.

From Literature

Even so, petroleum was still a lifeline for a nation mired in more than a decade of economic, political and social tumult marked by mass emigration, hyperinflation and a near-ubiquitous sense of despair.

From Los Angeles Times

Agonisingly, he fell at the end of his final run, when he believed the gold medal was within his grasp, burying his head in his hands in despair.

From Barron's