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

The Solitary Speaks.—In compensation for much disgust, disheartenment, boredom—such as a lonely life without friends, books, duties, and passions must involve—we enjoy those short spans of deep communion with ourselves and with Nature.

From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

He would never come across any but subjects of irritation or disheartenment.

From His Excellency the Minister by Roberts, Henri

Professor Marshall drew a great breath of disheartenment.

From The Bent Twig by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield