disheartened
Example Sentences
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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 • Feb. 18, 2026
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 • Feb. 12, 2026
Mannani accepts that her lawyers are entitled to a cut for their work on the case, but said she was disheartened watching the numbers of cases suddenly skyrocket this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
Before the Super Cup, the PSG boss clarified it was "100%" his decision to cut the Italian from his squad, with Donnarumma "disappointed and disheartened".
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025
Flustered, disheartened, I said I did not know the tune.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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