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

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 the bitter darkness Arthur suddenly cried despairingly: “What aileth you, that ye cannot keep Sir Lancelot on your side?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White