despondently
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Afterward he sat despondently in front of his locker with his head in his hands in a pose that spoke for a season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
In an extended interaction between the two, Syril is hunched despondently over a bowl of cereal with blue milk, while Eedy demeans him:
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022
"I'm losing money," he tells the BBC despondently.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2022
“We will keep searching … I’m just praying to God to have him back,” said Combary, 53, sitting despondently in the eastern city of Fada N’Gourma where she now lives.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
He stood despondently with hunched shoulders beside Frodo, and peered out with puckered eyes into the gloom.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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