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

Thither the Count hastened to work off the disheartenment into which the comments of the Princess had thrown him.

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis

It was in this deepest abyss in the valley of disheartenment that I met a former prison-mate named Kellow; a forger whose time of release from the penitentiary coincided nearly with my own.

From Branded by Lynde, Francis

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

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

It was a disheartenment from which nothing in the future, no hope, no dream, could deliver him.

From The Hidden Places by Sinclair, Bertrand W.