despondently
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Afterward he sat despondently in front of his locker with his head in his hands in a pose that spoke for a season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
In an extended interaction between the two, Syril is hunched despondently over a bowl of cereal with blue milk, while Eedy demeans him:
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2022
Others just swim through the brown, green brackish waters despondently, their eyes lighting up at the sight of rescuers, whose bright orange uniforms are visible from a distance.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2022
Smith is small, with a pixie haircut grown shaggy in quarantine—“mutton chops,” she said despondently.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2020
He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden had spilled all over the messy floor.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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