end in disappointment
Example Sentences
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They’re now in the midst of six straight NL East titles, but a 2021 World Series title is the only time the postseason didn’t end in disappointment.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2023
Having won gold in 2012 and 2016, Jones saw her bid for a third straight Olympic triumph end in disappointment.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2022
Price’s run might end in disappointment, but that he finally made it will resonate with his peers.
From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2021
Inter’s first game in the competition since 2012 looked set to end in disappointment when Tottenham playmaker Christian Eriksen’s shot took a lucky deflection and looped into the net in the 53rd minute.
From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2018
This is a scheme which I did not devise, for I fear it will end in disappointment, but for which I have done, and will do, all I possibly can.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
