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 • Feb. 16, 2026

Thomas Frank faced fresh calls for his dismissal from angry Tottenham fans after a dispiriting 2-2 draw at Premier League strugglers Burnley on Saturday as Bournemouth ended Liverpool's long unbeaten run.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

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 • Dec. 8, 2025

Few sights could be more dispiriting to the rest of English soccer than Liverpool cruising to a championship last spring and immediately adding half a billion dollars’ worth of talent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

For four dispiriting years, he had hectored government officials to place the program on the fast track.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik