disheartening
Example Sentences
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Disheartening as De Gaulle's long view might seem to many of his countrymen, nothing else seemed to promise quicker relief.
From Time Magazine Archive
Disheartening to the Federal Farm Board were figures on the 1931 winter wheat crop, issued last week by the Department of Agriculture.
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Disheartening though this information was, the convention voted to continue its activities.
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Disheartening as this dash of cold water might be to Europe's neutralists and for-lorn-hopers, Russia's tough words were considered downright encouraging in some ways by Western diplomats.
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Disheartening as the prospect was, we felt that it would not do to give way to discouragement.
From The Discovery of Yellowstone Park by Langford, Nathaniel Pitt
