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Recent Examples of dejection This set off a wild celebration by the Canadians — and obvious dejection among the American fans and players. Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025 Oswald and a now-pregnant Ingrid handle Edward’s care, with his anger and dejection only growing. Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025 All that positivity evaporated in the opening seconds on Saturday, with that hope being replaced by anger, recrimination and dejection. Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025 The dejection stemming from Wagner’s knee injury gave way (for a moment, anyway) to pure elation. Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dejection
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dejection
Noun
  • For some people with mild depression, walking might even be as effective as some medications.6 High-intensity exercise releases feel-good chemicals called endorphins, which can boost your mood following a workout.
    Jennifer Steinhoff, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
  • Advanced technologies, physical security, and an abundance of stuff [courtesy of highly advanced 3D printers] does nothing to stop a growing wave of loneliness and depression.
    G Kirilloff, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • At the opposite end of the court, a thick layer of melancholy was present.
    Kelly Iko, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • The far-reaching melancholy of musical theater has always been front and center in McAlpine’s work, which layers a lyricism of desire on top of string-heavy indie-pop arrangements.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • The wind of sorrows is so violent today and sweeps up the weakest — the hostages of October 7 and all the hostages — the prisoners, the drowned, who endure terror and die in a terrible feeling of abandonment and indifference.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 13 May 2025
  • Her words pierced through the haze of sorrow and became an enduring truth.
    Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025

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“Dejection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dejection. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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