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
• 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 boy soon dropped out of the program and became despondent and reserved at home, the suit says.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2020
• Cosby was still despondent over the death of his son, Ennis, who was shot to death in the late 1990s, Mesereau said.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2018
• The next day, a despondent-looking Sheldon and Amy don't even go to work (who can blame them?).
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2018
• 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
• For the same reason many are still despondent, many have not forsaken the team of their youth.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• Grant, 57, was despondent for the first few weeks of quarantine last spring.
  — Elizabeth Lawrence, PEOPLE.com, 28 Aug. 2020
• By 1965, Athelstan Spilhaus had grown despondent with the state of modern cities.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2018
• The pregnant woman on the other end of the call sounded despondent.
  — Marisa Gerber, latimes.com, 16 May 2018
• Down on a lower deck, the Maas are growing more despondent.
  — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 3 Apr. 2020
• 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
• Yoram Bauman, the architect of I-732, is despondent about what the fight means.
  — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2016
• There are some people who are despondent about the voter fraud and election theft in 2020.
  — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2021
• 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
• Many of the prisoners are in ailing health and said to be growing despondent.
  — Carol Morello, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2017
• Some of the students had been despondent about being confined at home again.
  — New York Times, 20 June 2021
• Neighbors told police the man had been despondent since the recent death of his father.
  — Joseph A. Gambardello, Philly.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• There are some people who are despondent about the voter fraud or election theft in 2020.
  — ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023
• Despondent over the death of her second son, Terri Prather leaned on her oldest son.
  — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• The 9-year-old looked both despondent and panicked, Monaque said.
  — Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 5 Oct. 2019
• Many of the hundreds of millions of people who trek into an office will feel as despondent at the prospect as Martha did.
  — The Economist, 28 Sep. 2019
• 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
• An apocryphal story tells of a despondent man getting on a train.
  — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2017
• Cris Collinsworth shook his head and was left despondent, but whatever.
  — Drew Magary, GQ, 6 Feb. 2018
• De Gaulle, for his part, was beginning to look despondent.
  — Kate Keller, Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
• Children sat under the sun with despondent expressions on their faces.
  — Mohammad Al Sawalhi, CNN, 12 July 2024
• The ex-boyfriend, who said he was diagnosed with depression at least a decade ago, became despondent after learning about Woll’s death last October.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024