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

These can include hopelessness, difficulty thinking clearly, or anhedonia -- the inability to feel pleasure and loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

"I really don't think we're ever gonna see anything. So it's transferred from that obsession to like a hopelessness."

From BBC • Mar. 8, 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

That night, filled with hopelessness, he lay awake in his prison cell.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti