despairingly

Example Sentences

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"Closing the bakery is a catastrophe because bread is the most important staple for us," said a grandfather, Abu Alaa Jaffar, looking on despairingly.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

He speaks lyrically about winter rains, when the trees grow right out of the rising lake, and despairingly about the recent drops in water levels.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022

Pashtana Durrani, the executive director of a nongovernmental organization that promotes girls’ education, spoke despairingly to Britain’s Channel 4 on Thursday, as the city was falling.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2021

“The Egyptians live in the Republic of False Truths,” she writes despairingly to her lover and fellow protester.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2021

In rivers, a really incredible variety of pollutants combine to produce deposits that the sanitary engineers can only despairingly refer to as “gunk.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson