despairing
Example Sentences
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As the wind cut through my T-shirt, I wrapped my arms around myself with the despairing feeling that this cursed day would never end.
From Literature
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But Nina soon found herself despairing, once she realized she could not leave her hiding place.
From Barron's
Guardiola struck a despairing tone as he discussed the reasons for City's slump.
From Barron's
Some of Tarr’s most memorable scenes feature landscapes, often bleak and despairing settings of decaying Hungarian towns, punctuated with close-ups of characters’ faces.
From Los Angeles Times
But the protagonist is a Latino man crying over the film’s despairing score that he’ll “do anything” to return to his wife and kids and “live again.”
From Los Angeles Times
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