How to Use dejection in a Sentence

dejection

noun

• I find that ice cream often works wonders when trying to overcome dejection.
• Then, the third place team skated across the ice and the dejection was even stronger.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2018
• But through all the dejection, Baker finds a glimmer of hope in the darkness.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Jan. 2018
• As dejection spread across the faces of the Texas basketball team after a 68-64 loss to No.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 6 Dec. 2020
• The wooden door to the Center Grove locker room slowly opened, and with the girls who emerged came sobs of shock and dejection.
  — Tyler Fenwick, Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2018
• As the first ball sailed over the center-field fence, Mike Mayers bent over in dejection, head hung low, hands on knees.
  — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021
• Trubisky said, his somber tone a mix of defeat and dejection.
  — Rich Campbell, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• But after a last-second defeat against the 76ers, there wasn’t a feeling of dejection in the locker room.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2019
• The exhaustion, the dejection and the anger were clearly visible on the face of the 49-year-old coach minutes after his No.
  — Matt Murschel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• All of the sadness and dejection that the West Germans caused back in '82 had been washed away by the final piece of the jigsaw slotting in seamlessly.
  — SI.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Smith’s weariness and dejection poured out at 6:58 a.m.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 May 2021
• But there was much more to this latest dejection: the anguish that comes with watching team leaders fall by the wayside.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• Something else, far below the hum of daily pique, resounds through this massive book—a ground bass of doom and dejection.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
• Rivera said there was a feeling of dejection before Chipley came on board.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
• As the two tallest spectators gaze contentedly over the fence, the shortest slumps in dejection, his nose buried in the fence lumber.
  — John Patrick Leary, The New Republic, 29 Oct. 2021
• The circumstances by which the cat was discovered seem only to add to the sense of dejection created by the cat’s ordeal.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 10 May 2017
• But the dejection that Yim felt on that April day in the hospital soon turned to determination.
  — Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 29 Oct. 2019
• Utter dejection on the other side for Winegarden, his players and the fans.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 3 Dec. 2020
• His dejection was a direct result of the startling effect that a mere glimpse at Taliesin West provoked in him.
  — Fortune, 24 Aug. 2019
• The Cavs have repeatedly walked off the court with looks of dejection recently.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 24 Feb. 2021
• This disgusting hate could send trans athletes down a dark emotional road that way too many have gone down in the past -- a path of dejection and despair.
  — Danielle McLean, CNN, 20 Apr. 2022
• But then came the day reserved for football, the day synonymous around these parts with dejection and despair, because on Sundays, the Browns lose.
  — Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2016
• And, if so, when does this experience turn from good to bad—from brimming with potential to awash with dejection and doubt?
  — Thomas Saltsman, Quartz, 3 Oct. 2019
• Or false modesty switching to dejection when no one corrects it.
  — Sophie Lewis, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
• Or false modesty switching to dejection when no one corrects it.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Nov. 2022
• Luke Voit sat in a room somewhere in Petco Park, hunched over, elbows on his knees, his dejection obvious on his face.
  — Kristie Ackert, courant.com, 10 Oct. 2020
• Dr. Harden’s face was sunk in his hands in an attitude of profound dejection.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017
• Not even the superb support from his classmates could hide Tidwell's dejection.
  — Pat Disabato, Daily Southtown, 17 Mar. 2018
• Gonell, watching the news, seeing the dejection in the body language of the five people leaving the Senate, was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion.
  — New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
• Especially not Vanya, whose dejection turns to fury after the Professor announces a plan to sell the estate, which doesn’t even belong to him.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Oct 2024