despondence

noun

de·spon·dence di-ˈspän-dən(t)s

: despondency

Example Sentences

her slumping posture betrayed a growing despondence the ability to endure defeat without despondence has allowed him to weather the ups and downs of an acting career

Recent Examples on the Web Both question the human costs of work, zooming in on the affects—despondence, alienation, indifference—that businesses produce alongside goods and services.

Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2022 In Ohio on Monday night, though, Trump used the misstatements to project confidence and ward off any despondence among supporters in the face of polls that continue to show Biden with a solid lead nationwide.

Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2020 And whether through aloofness or despondence, 27 percent said none of the words offered matched their feelings.

Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019 The date, though, will likely be remembered most vividly for the storming of the city’s legislative building by a small group of activists who sought to signal to the world their despondence over their city’s fate.

Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 3 July 2019 The story takes place in one of the city’s public housing complexes, where a majority of the population still live today, cheek-by-jowl in micro apartments—amplifying the feelings of suffocation and despondence.

Isabella Steger, Quartzy, 24 July 2019 There’s an art to being bleak, doing it in such a way as to actually cheer up listeners as opposed to making them wallow in despondence.

John Adamian, courant.com, 2 June 2018 Tryout season doesn't have to be all elation or despondence.

Eliza Mcgraw, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2018 A sense of fatigue and despondence has set in as White House officials wait for new balls to drop.

Jill Colvin, The Seattle Times, 19 May 2017 See More

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