Example Sentences

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Laura-Rose says she receives hundreds of enquiries from people who are "despairing" and do not have 10 years to wait for the rules to change.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

“Some people are despairing that people have just become unmoored from facts, that there is a substantial part of the audience that may be unreachable,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2022

“Based on my observations, a considerable number of reformists inside the party are despairing, like Cai Xia,” Mr. Deng said in a telephone interview from the United States, where he now lives.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2020

They are despairing about what they are seeing in parliament.

From The Guardian • Sep. 9, 2019

My friends," continued Hatteras in a tone almost of entreaty, "you are despairing too soon!

From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Riou, Edouard