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

But he was still too much the successful detective to allow his disheartenment to be seen by his admiring subordinate.

From The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Green, Anna Katharine

Turn more of those selfish interests into unselfish ones, and by so much we change opportunities for disheartenment into their opposite.

From For Auld Lang Syne by Woodward, Ray

Fatigue and worry are succeeded by profound disheartenment.

From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah

My performance was a failure, and to complete my disheartenment I reached the station about five minutes after the last eastern train had pulled out.

From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin