despair
Example Sentences
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This was Spurs in microcosm with mistake piled upon mistake – the self-destruct button pressed with despairing regularity.
From BBC
It was the most Iranian sentence I could imagine: despair and hope in the same breath, separated by a comma.
Desire expels despair, however, when Marty meets his brother’s new bride.
Shelley’s story is so moving precisely because it’s tinged with firsthand knowledge of the despair that comes with being misunderstood and othered at no fault of one’s own.
From Salon
The angry, despairing look on team owner Lawrence Stroll's face in Bahrain said it all.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
