despondency
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Despondency is the reserve of the major league club.
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2018
Archibald MacLeish wrote in 1955: "We have entered the Age of Despondency, with the Age of Desperation just around the corner."
From Time Magazine Archive
Despondency had come upon her there in the wakeful night and had never lifted.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
After him came in Mr. Despondency and his daughter Much-afraid, to whom she said, You ought with thankfulness forever to remember your deliverance from the hands of Giant Despair and out of Doubting Castle.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley
He passed the nook in which had sate the still figure of Despondency.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Harper, Various (magazine)
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