despair
Example Sentences
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He said the measures would "only delay the pain for a while" before warning that "thousands of businesses despair as their bills skyrocket".
From BBC
Hawthorne told the BBC: "People often walk in this place in despair, we see it in their eyes and their demeanour and they sniff hope."
From BBC
The four young women never meet, yet they share a sense of despair.
From Los Angeles Times
In the photo released by the White House, Armstrong is sobbing, her mouth hanging open in despair.
From Los Angeles Times
“Fear, anger, despair,” William J. Mann writes: “A year into the peace, these were the fruits of the war.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
