disillusion

Lewis and Tolkien were disgusted by this atmosphere of disillusion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

Accepting the possibility of disillusion as part of existence allows Amélie to endure sorrow and bask in moments of elation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

In stark contrast with the album’s bombastic, top-10 title track, the early version of “Born in the USA” featured on “Nebraska ’82” oozes with the pain, heartbreak and disillusion inherent in the song’s lyrics.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

Put them all together and there is a disillusion and a widespread sense among farmers of not being listened to.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2024

His face was agog with befuddlement and disillusion.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Coaches across the City said that the lack of care is another sign of a lack of support that disillusions prospective parents, which leads to enrollment somewhere else.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

One key strength of this exhibition, curated by Elizabeth Cleland and Adam Eaker, is that it disillusions Tudor hagiography without making them seem uniquely brutal or awful.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022

“What if that disillusions a lot of really bright, passionate, smart people from the industry?”

From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2021

The rise of the “Beast-Elect” so disillusions her that she quits her job and breaks for the California badlands, where her friend’s teen-age daughter, Arabella, has gone missing.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 13, 2018

It is possible that I was mistaken and I do not willfully invite any disillusions at this point in my life.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

After all that, to struggle for a job their parents would approve of, or decent-paying work at all, left them feeling disillusioned and lost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Elected for her first term at age 32, Hernandez, now 36 and the youngest member on City Council, said as she campaigned for a second term she found young people are disillusioned — not apathetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

A Presbyterian seminarian, Talarico has sought to attract independents and Republicans disillusioned with Trump, arguing that Texans have more in common than the country's increasingly bitter political divisions suggest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Dating apps like Bumble have come under pressure in recent years as some younger users have grown disillusioned with browsing for dates.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

A short time after the trial and conviction, one of Ames's disillusioned CIA colleagues reflected on the larger meaning of his capture and sentencing.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

Observers also say a guilty verdict could risk disillusioning young Indonesians who want to pursue a career in government.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

The exhibition is as disillusioning about any reflexive association of the Renaissance with pervasive humanism as it is about the Tudors themselves.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022

Butler alights on Watergate as a disillusioning American moment, during which “the Method could bring audiences closer than ever to the internal conflicts and pains of living in Nixon’s America.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2022

And perhaps before any of that, he’ll have to win over the remaining players from a very disillusioning Husky season.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2021

In light of the bold and defiant line we had taken all along, an appeal would seem anticli- mactic and even disillusioning.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela