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

Professor Marshall drew a great breath of disheartenment.

From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

It would be difficult to imagine a more amazing translation—and yet, now that she was back in the midst of it, she gave no sign of the disheartenment she must have felt.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

Discouragement, which is after all by etymology only disheartenment, represents a serious effect upon the heart through depression.

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