How to Use disillusioned in a Sentence

disillusioned

adjective
  • The group is supported by a growing band of disillusioned politicians from both parties.
    Steven Brill, Time, 17 May 2018
  • It was billed as a high-octane rock opera that gives musical voice to disenfranchised and disillusioned youth.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 12 May 2018
  • Unlike them, Pein starts off disillusioned, which may give him an unconscious disadvantage in his pursuit of the dream.
    Shuja Haider, The New Republic, 3 May 2018
  • Shafran, who has met with former Hasidim, urges those who are disillusioned to consider other sects, noting that some may find one that is more suitable.
    Elizabeth Llorente | Fox News, Fox News, 13 June 2018
  • Mourinho is on the lookout for full backs after becoming disillusioned with his current options.
    SI.com, 23 May 2018
  • Many graduates have gone on to great personal and professional success, of course, but many feel disillusioned by the state of the country and regret over what might have been.
    Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2018
  • If this process isn't carefully managed, teams can become disillusioned and disconnected from enabling the success of the mission.
    Melissa Dimuro, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Since then, Piscotty has become even more disillusioned with Trump and, by extension, Rohrabacher.
    Vauhini Vara, The New Republic, 9 May 2018
  • Rashford was alleged by the tabloid press back in April to be 'increasingly disillusioned' with life under Jose Mourinho.
    SI.com, 12 June 2018
  • O'Neill's tenure, admittedly, came to a crashing halt and he was left disillusioned with his once boyhood infatuation.
    SI.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • One, a disillusioned man of the cloth, is played by Robert Forster.
    Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018
  • The girl’s father said the outcome of the case has left him disillusioned.
    Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 11 June 2021
  • By her late teens, she had become disillusioned with the Catholic faith.
    New York Times, 12 Dec. 2021
  • Is the road to great wealth inevitably strewn with the wounded, the disappointed, the cheated and the disillusioned?
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • But the French soon grew disillusioned with their wonder drug.
    The Conversation, 13 July 2022
  • Now, the vast fan base is a bit disillusioned with their national team.
    Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 24 Apr. 2019
  • Claus, at the start of the film, is disillusioned and indignant and suffering from a centuries-long case of burnout.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Where Life and Fate presents a disillusioned moral hellscape, Stalingrad is a work of hope and true belief in the long march of the Soviet project.
    Aaron Lake Smith, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • Yet, for those disillusioned fans, hope is once again peeking over the horizon.
    Greg Engle, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • But quickly, Jiang became disillusioned with his new job -- and the purpose of the crackdown.
    Ivan Watson, CNN, 4 Oct. 2021
  • And those things left her feeling disillusioned, and spent.
    Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 July 2021
  • The disillusioned Chani, who had fought to protect Paul from his dark destiny, is last seen alone in the dunes calling for her sandworm out of town.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Molly, who moved back to her hometown, is highly disillusioned by her six months at the CBB House.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Rather than feeling disillusioned, learn how to make a better choice next time.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 10 June 2021
  • In the first part of this book, fifty-eight micro-fictions eulogize the figures whose lives and work are a balm for the disillusioned author.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Democrats came to see him as someone who might normalize the party with disillusioned voters in the age of Trump.
    Marc Levy, ajc, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Roshan has been left slightly disillusioned about the future of coffee shops in L.A.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
  • By then, Juvelius had fallen ill with malaria and grown disillusioned with the search.
    Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Instagram opened up longer video uploads to all of its users in the hopes of sparking a gold rush among creators who are disillusioned with YouTube.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 10 Oct. 2018
  • And Hughie is angry and disillusioned with Butcher for dragging him into the fray and then abandoning the group for weeks on end.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Oct. 2020

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