despairingly

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In a BBC Radio 4 podcast series exposing the scandal, The Lowball Tapes, Palombo asks despairingly, "If that's not criminal, how can I be a criminal?"

From BBC • May 25, 2025

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

The race was eventually cancelled, but not before a stack of damaging PR, including Lewis Hamilton responding despairingly that “cash is king” when asked why the race was still going ahead.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2021

“Willoughby! What a name! Worse and worse!” said Miss Lark despairingly.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers