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Bouncy, jaunty walks, limps, sad or downhearted walks, all with the other motions of arms and head contributing to a constantly shifting center of mass and momentum.

Despair as measured by the new scale represents a downhearted state of mind, not a mental disorder, Copeland suspects.

“They will be all right,” said the captain, striving to cheer up his downhearted young companions.

"We may be here quite a long while," Mr. Wordsley said, and could not contrive to sound downhearted about it.

The woman herself must not be nervous or downhearted, but courageous, and forcing herself by straining and holding her breath.

At intervals, every half-hour or so, a mighty shout would go up, "Are we downhearted?"

"Real beauties," thought Dick, still rather breathless after such a surprise, but not in the least downhearted.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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