How to Use disappointing in a Sentence

disappointing

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• The Raptors are one of the more disappointing teams in the NBA past the midway point of the season.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023
• Despite Reese’s efforts on the boards, the Sky fell to a disappointing loss against the Lynx, dropping the team to a 6-11 record on the season.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 1 July 2024
• Because that game was a disappointing 7-5 loss, the mood in the room was a mix of somber and frustrated.
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
• After many disappointing seasons, this was the team’s first trip to the second round of the playoffs in a decade.
  — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• The crispy potatoes added a little bit of crunch, but not enough to save this safe and disappointing dish.
  — Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
• These are the most important tests for the MSI Claw, and the results were disappointing.
  — PCMAG, 10 May 2024
• Michael Bublé looked back on a disappointing moment in his life on Tuesday's episode of The Voice.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
• But there was disappointing news about a member of the Orioles’ 2019 draft class.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
• Over that span, the Canadian projects out 14th in the field while Ryder is a disappointing 76th in that same time frame.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
• The cash payments have proved to be deeply disappointing.
  — Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Reshuffling the deck so quickly is the last thing the Wildcats want for a group coming off a disappointing 2022.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2023
• Still, with four starters playing, this was a disappointing showing, and one the offense needs to learn from.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• This is one of L.A’.s most disappointing bait-and-switches.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
• That’s not to say San Diego’s 2023 theater year will be disappointing, dull or safe.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
• Such attacks have been a rare bright spot in a disappointing year for Ukraine with no frontline breakthrough on the ground.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• If that’s disappointing, help your child process the emotion.
  — Phyllis L. Fagell, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
• To run the same program on him — once, twice, three times, or more — will invariably be to yield the same disappointing results.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
• Even greater after a disappointing sweep at the hands of the lowly Cincinnati Reds earlier in the week.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
• That was, perhaps, the most disappointing aspect of the prime time TV event, watched by 3.3 million people.
  — Roxane Gay, Fortune, 13 May 2023
• The lens features just a few on-barrel controls, which is a bit disappointing.
  — PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
• So, why did home builder stocks rise this week, despite a slate of disappointing data?
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 23 Apr. 2023
• The 10-8 loss ended UIndy’s season on a disappointing note.
  — Brett Friedlander, The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2023
• The splash pad’s water wouldn’t turn on, disappointing 9-year-old Axel Arias.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
• Considering the bag’s high price, that feature was disappointing and knocked it off the list.
  — Saryn Chorney, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2023
• The results were so disappointing that in 2018, Pfizer pulled out of Alzheimer’s research.
  — Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
• The Longhorns were coming off a disappointing loss to Oklahoma.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• This will be disappointing to a lot of people in that audience.
  — Vulture, 4 Oct. 2023
• That led to a disappointing $32 billion drop in market cap.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
• Woody Johnson is cleaning house for his woeful New York Jets in what has been a hugely disappointing season.
  — Dennis Waszak Jr., Twin Cities, 19 Nov. 2024
• While the Raiders have largely been a disappointing team, Bowers leads the league in receptions with 84 and is fourth in receiving yards all with shaky quarterback play.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024