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

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

This extended also to its use in a continued fever where the same disheartenment was likely to occur with unfortunate consequences on the general condition and above all with disturbance of appetite and of sleep.

From Health Through Will Power by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

It is through such doors of disheartenment that temptation finds its easiest entrance.

From The Real Man by Lynde, Francis