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Recent Examples of despond
Noun
Lonely and addicted to her social media feeds, Selena plunged into a deep despond and filmed her death-by-overdose on Snap. Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024 The slough of Mardenborough's despond comes towards the end of the film when a crash at the Nürburgring results in the death of a spectator. Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2023 Their partnership—in fighting Communism and reviving the U.S. economy after the despond of the 1970s—changed American debate. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2020 Animal spirits might buoy up markets again, or investors might sink back into the sort of despond that ended 2015, but sentiment currently offers little guide. James MacKintosh, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2018 On its best nights, the N.B.A. offers a free-jazz apex, as good teams (none of which are found within hundreds of miles of that basketball despond in New York City) offer jukes and passes and shooting. Michael Powell, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for despond
Noun
  • Magnificent heroes of delicacy and seduction, Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant forever illuminate the film of our lives, like these two posters, whose colors express the intensity of a passionate love that triumphs over despair.
    Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The most heartbreaking thing about this highly heartbreaking scene, to me, is how Ramsey communicates Ellie’s despair at realizing there’s no time to fix things between them.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Fatigue and depression can lead to physical inactivity, which can reduce quality of life and impede recovery.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 2 May 2025
  • Anxiety is the most common, followed by depression.
    Alex Backus, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • According to the logline, Nook dreams of a better life but is caught in a rampant cycle of poverty and desperation within his Atlanta community.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 May 2025
  • There was energy and joy but the mood was thick with desperation and laced with danger.
    Simon Hughes, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Chu's main input was slowing down the song's pacing overall, leaning into the melancholy of the moment.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Gyuri Kim, with her feeling for melancholy and uncertainty, turned out to be a wonderful counterpart.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Inter’s 1-0 loss to Roma wasn’t all doom and gloom.
    Sam Tighe, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • And yet the announcement wasn’t all doom and gloom.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • And then, to forever live on earth, in a place with conflict and pain and sorrow, that’s not her goal.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
  • In churches like this, where belief is expressed in multiple languages, the loss of a pope is a death in the family, and the sorrow, like the faith, runs deep.
    Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Despond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despond. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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