disheartenment

Example Sentences

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The letter, titled "Authors for Libraries," expresses disheartenment about "the recent attacks against libraries being made in our name by trade associations such as the Association of American Publishers and the Publishers Association."

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2022

It was more than chagrin, more than the disheartenment of the workman at failure, when he lost a patient.

From Fidelity A Novel by Glaspell, Susan

The castle was patently strong—strong enough to excuse any disheartenment.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Harriett was talking of the monument Cyrus thought there should be at the cemetery; Ruth listened and replied—seemed only tired, and all the while these thoughts were shaping themselves in her inner confusion and disheartenment.

From Fidelity A Novel by Glaspell, Susan

Professor Marshall drew a great breath of disheartenment.

From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield