disconsolately
Example Sentences
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He added, disconsolately, that a restoration of the property had been “nearly complete.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
More than three years after he disconsolately walked away from Seattle, Felix Hernandez is back, a vibrant part of the Mariners organization once more.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Valadon’s son slumps over disconsolately; her elderly mother stares passively; her tall young lover earnestly occupies his corner; while Valadon herself looks out warily, her mind somewhere else.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
“I spent $100 on tickets I can’t use,” the man groused as he tried to argue with one of the theater’s representatives, and then, with his companion, walked disconsolately away.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2021
He wandered to the strange kitchen, thawed some iced huckleberries, ate them disconsolately.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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