dispirit

Example Sentences

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That this foundational principle could be overlooked in the name of icons seemed to exhaust and dispirit her.

From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2020

Don’t let it dispirit you that more than half of the 128 FCS schools have already effectively been eliminated from playoff contention.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2014

This workplace is an instance of individuals caught in the grip of unproductive systems, that systematically dispirit the staff, dissatisfy the clients and make the firm less productive than it could be.

From Forbes • Jun. 23, 2011

Such disputes dispirit those who want the church to look outward and upward, not nitpick over the past.

From Economist • Apr. 28, 2011

This want of provisions, the extreme fatigue to which we were subjected, and the dreary prospect before us, began to dispirit the men.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas