disconsolation

Example Sentences

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In London the Council of Foreign Ministers achieved only the disconsolation of all in the world who desired peace, not power.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her graceful head was bowed down by the sharp stroke of the humiliation which had just stricken her, and her whole attitude was that of hopeless disconsolation.

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

But there was much of disconsolation in his voice.

From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank

A vast lassitude was weighing upon her, body and spirit were faint in the enervation of an inexorable disconsolation.

From Red Masquerade by Vance, Louis Joseph

The theme occasioned as much enthusiasm as could be expected from hearts saddened by disconsolation.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.