despair

In a statement issued through Alfred A Knopf, Gandhi says she wants this memoir "to be a testament of my heart's journey through the tender joys and dark despair that have marked my life".

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

“If they do it to them, they’re gonna do it to you,” Rodrigo sang, with a fury that brooks no room for despair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Give me an example of how people were kind amid the despair of the 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

After so long on the road, driving past despair dotted along the road’s shoulders, Day brushes off a cry for help with a joke.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

“I can’t get any lobsters, so you will have to do without salad today,” said Mr. March, coming in half an hour later, with an expression of placid despair.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Kakar despairs at the plight of Afghans who remain in Pakistan.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2024

Then Isabel’s despairs stack, pressing her to expand her inquiry beyond the United States and diagnose history’s gravest injuries.

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2024

Now he despairs of the international community because it is not doing more to stop the fighting.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2024

When they finally make it to their destination and find they’ll be sharing it with an unexpected houseguest, Leon grumbles and despairs of getting anything done.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

“I will name him. Yes. I will name this mouse Despereaux, for all the sadness, for the many despairs in this place. Now, where is my mirror?”

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo

Still, he kept laboring toward a perfection he didn’t always reach but never despaired of reaching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

But closer to the high-security perimeter, a crowd of worshippers despaired as police officers blocked their route.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

In the early, chaotic days of the COVID-19 pandemic, transitional-kindergarten teacher Elizabeth Lam despaired.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

You despaired because buying merchandise—both Fanatics’ own and products it retails—did not satiate your appetite to do e-commerce with this company.

From Slate ● Mar. 7, 2025

I also despaired because Hamlet had not come to me.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Despite facing notable challenges and coming of age in a culture infected by “big woe,” or an onslaught of despairing information, Moore believes there is still reason for young people to be optimistic.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Mr. Page expresses such deep, despairing horror that, for a few minutes at least, this minor tragedy rises to heights of harrowing feeling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

“Especially in despairing economic times we need to ensure people aren’t being denied access.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

This was Spurs in microcosm with mistake piled upon mistake – the self-destruct button pressed with despairing regularity.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Yossarian threw his arms up into the air in a gesture of mighty and despairing self recrimination.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller