How to Use despondent in a Sentence

despondent

adjective

• I had never seen them looking so despondent.
• The camera cuts to more sad, despondent faces in the church.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2018
• The boy soon dropped out of the program and became despondent and reserved at home, the suit says.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2020
• What about going out of your way to hold a door, or put a smile on a despondent stranger's face?
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, 2 Jan. 2018
• The pregnant woman on the other end of the call sounded despondent.
  — Marisa Gerber, latimes.com, 16 May 2018
• For the same reason many are still despondent, many have not forsaken the team of their youth.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• England's football may be dull and despondent, but at least the rest of it makes some amount of sense.
  — SI.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• Some of the students had been despondent about being confined at home again.
  — New York Times, 20 June 2021
• Many of the prisoners are in ailing health and said to be growing despondent.
  — Carol Morello, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2017
• Neighbors told police the man had been despondent since the recent death of his father.
  — Joseph A. Gambardello, Philly.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• An apocryphal story tells of a despondent man getting on a train.
  — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2017
• Down on a lower deck, the Maas are growing more despondent.
  — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 3 Apr. 2020
• Police said the shooter was despondent over a recent breakup with a girlfriend.
  — Washington Post, 3 May 2017
• This announcement brings the predictable gasps and despondent moans from the shallow singles.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2020
• The blue-eyed children made silly mistakes and became timid and despondent.
  — Karina Bland, azcentral, 11 June 2020
• In the scene, a despondent young boy hides beneath a piano with his dog, while his parents argue across the living room.
  — Time, 9 Jan. 2018
• Despondent fans continued to tweet about the break-up on Monday.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 7 Aug. 2017
• Fans are despondent given the nature of the Ravens’ two losses, but plenty has gone right for this team.
  — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 6 Oct. 2022
• Cris Collinsworth shook his head and was left despondent, but whatever.
  — Drew Magary, GQ, 6 Feb. 2018
• If the new job or profession doesn’t work out, don’t become despondent.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023
• But the summer’s cascading crises in Haiti have left him despondent.
  — Deepa Fernandes, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2021
• As the election approached and then arrived (and passed), the messages became more despondent.
  — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 14 June 2018
• De Gaulle, for his part, was beginning to look despondent.
  — Kate Keller, Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
• Strickland was working on an old engine, and looked despondent.
  — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
• While in some countries and sectors progress has been made, you could be forgiven for feeling despondent about pace of change.
  — Philip Salter, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
• She’s been overwhelmed by her own grief while taking care of three despondent children by herself.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 19 June 2022
• In Peele’s smart and sure hands, though, the film loops back around to become something probing and despondent, too.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 23 Feb. 2017
• Watching her become despondent and violent got the point across.
  — Emily Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 7 Aug. 2019
• Despondent over the death of her second son, Terri Prather leaned on her oldest son.
  — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• Some bears were so despondent about the results in fact, that a number questioned their very validity.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 30 Apr 2024