dishearten
Example Sentences
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It is really disheartening and it does have a real big impact on people's mental health.
From BBC
The seemingly spontaneous gatherings, often involving some kind of performance, began as a cool-kid phenomenon and devolved with disheartening speed into a corporate marketing tool.
From New York Times
“The lack of partnership is unnecessary, and deeply disheartening.”
From Seattle Times
“It saddens me, it disgusts me and disheartens me,” Alvarez said.
From Los Angeles Times
If anything, abortion bans rolling from state to state across the country, a disheartening surge in mass shootings and a Republican assault on educational freedom will only sharpen those fears, he said.
From New York Times
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