dispiriting

Example Sentences

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"When we keep getting a 'no' it's kind of dispiriting, we have got to keep pushing."

From BBC

It will be a deeply dispiriting result for Italy, for whom a single try was a poor return for the level of pressure they put on Ireland.

From BBC

One report offered little hope for unemployed workers mired in long, dispiriting job searches.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now, nearly four years on, this dispiriting loss - after a timid and uninspiring performance from his side in the last-four tie - will cut just as deep for Salah.

From BBC

It was a vibrant and dispiriting time, and Elie’s history is a sharp cross-cultural study that speaks to the present as well.

From Los Angeles Times