How to Use disappointment in a Sentence

disappointment

noun

• He's a disappointment to his parents.
• She couldn't hide her disappointment.
• The year of this loved one’s death, of that stinging disappointment, of the first job, the first kiss.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• And back then, there were clouds and storms and a lot of disappointment.
  — Maura Barrett, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2024
• And this year’s Black Friday may be more of the same: a disappointment.
  — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• In that sense, this year could be a mild disappointment.
  — The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• The five-minute song is a slugfest fueled by disappointment and lies.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023
• The politicians who promised change had proved to be disappointments.
  — Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
• Adding to Kaplan’s disappointment, even the film’s director gave up on the film and moved on.
  — Steven Gaydos, Variety, 12 July 2023
• The news shocked the baseball world, which shared in deGrom’s disappointment.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
• Anything short of a 20-point rout would be a disappointment.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
• Fans hoping Kevin Hart will one day host the Oscars are in for a disappointment.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• When Trotta's divers return to the surface from their first dive of the day, there’s a sense of disappointment – no gold this time, just a few pieces of coral.
  — Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2023
• There can be disappointments during the season, there are ups and downs.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
• Amazon Prime Day 2023 is almost over, to the disappointment of some and the relief of others.
  — Martin Cizmar, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• That would be a huge disappointment but stranger things have happened.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• To the disappointment of some observers, super blue moons don’t bathe in blue hues in the way that blood moons are cast in a specific light.
  — Amudalat Ajasa, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
• To his disappointment, the fruits looked wrinkled and papery.
  — Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 16 June 2023
• Do your research and plan ahead to avoid disappointment.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• Even with the smoothest shopping, there’s still the risk of waste, of disappointment, of future inconvenience, of money lost to the fine print.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2023
• That the Bears got DJ Moore only two targets was pretty high on my list of disappointments.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• To swallow the disappointment of the Patriots’ 0-2 start, matching the franchise’s worst in 22 years.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• The decision not to pursue charges came as a disappointment to the Briceno family and their lawyers.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Is there disappointment that what once seemed a near-term slam dunk drifts farther down the calendar?
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2023
• But even with the prime minister’s last-minute intervention, the statewide election proved to be a disappointment for the BJP.
  — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• The military disappointments have come on top of an already bad month.
  — Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• The mental health disappointment came toward the end of the Carter presidency.
  — Kevin Sullivan, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
• Being a Dallas Cowboys fan in the last 20 years has been filled with shallow playoff runs and lots of disappointment.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
• Frankly, Williams has been a disappointment so far, but his downfield prowess could be featured against the Chargers this week.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2023
• Instead, both films are among the summer’s most baffling disappointments, and much of that has to do with their outsized budgets.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024