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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
  • Emond’s script deftly contrives a third act that’s hopeful but still flecked with genuine despair.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
  • But the despair from another losing fall subsided months ago, and winter, at last, has melted away.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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
  • Vegas, now in desperation mode, will have to resolve its disappearing offense and win the battle of urgency against Edmonton — something Jack Eichel said his team lacked on Monday.
    Sarah Jean Maher, New York Times, 14 May 2025
  • Critics argue the murders were calculated acts of greed, rather than acts of desperation by abuse victims.
    Hanna Park, CNN Money, 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
  • Rather than a sense of doom and gloom, Chelsea left Newcastle on Sunday with high hopes that their target for the Premier League season can be achieved.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • This era of uncertainty doesn’t have to create a sentiment of doom and gloom.
    Michael Della Penna, Forbes.com, 7 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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“Despond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despond. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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