dispirited
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It was an example of what appeared to be Tudor's 'tough love' approach, as opposed to Frank's warmer and more empathetic style, leaving the Spurs squad looking even more dispirited than when he arrived.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Medina told his dispirited troops that the next morning they’d be storming My Lai, where intelligence officials had located several hundred members of the crack Viet Cong 48th Local Force Battalion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
Coming out of the studio, he could tell she was dispirited and needed someone to talk to, so he tried his best to encourage her.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
They might be dispirited after losing at Wembley, but maybe that defeat means they think they have got to win the FA Cup now.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024
“We are up to the summer of 1939, eighty-four years ago if my math is correct,” I added, throwing in an arithmetical flourish that thoroughly dispirited her.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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The Red Pony
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"Watership Down" by Richard Adams, Chapters 35-38
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