dishearten

Example Sentences

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“It was so disheartening to see it go,” Perez, 27, said.

From Los Angeles Times

You hosted a CBC documentary about nonbinary identity recently, it must be disheartening to see people here getting their passports forcibly misgendered.

From Los Angeles Times

Having said that, it is disheartening to see the Democrats in Washington appear to either be ineffectual or totally missing in action.

From Salon

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir described the preliminary positive results as "very disheartening".

From BBC

Sanchez’s father, Esteban Sanchez, the child of Mexican immigrants, is disheartened by the messaging behind Trump’s recent actions on immigration.

From Los Angeles Times