hopelessness

Example Sentences

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The despair and hopelessness are a response to feeling powerless in the face of injustice and watching long-standing norms be routinely broken.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

“I refuse to live in hopelessness and trauma,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

This form of stress includes feelings of hopelessness and a tendency to absorb stressful experiences rather than express or resolve them.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

"It just feels bizarre, and I find so many of us don't really know how to feel right now, besides rage and hopelessness," she said.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

The edges of their hopelessness dissolved, just a little.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor