dishearten

Example Sentences

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While the situation is disheartening, Warner is looking to spearhead a positive outcome.

From BBC

The plant's owner insists it adheres to required emission thresholds, but the government's closure U-turn has left some locals disheartened.

From Barron's

He speculated that scholars and Americans in general were too disheartened by Vietnam to want to contemplate a traumatic rupture like the Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many young voters say that would dishearten them.

From Barron's

"I am disheartened and sad each and every day... that we are told immigrants, which most of us are or descended from are unwelcome," wrote the 84-year-old Stewart.

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