Example Sentences

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He has that lovable dejectedness and those broad panto emotions.

From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2013

There was an odd meekness and dejectedness in her manner.

From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Brett, Harold M.

His tone was serious, there was a dejectedness in his manner, and with it, as was evident, much smothered emotion in his heart.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas

With a dejectedness to which it is possible that his headache contributed he put the matter squarely to himself.

From Piccadilly Jim by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Tranquilized already by the generosity of the first utterances and acts of their conqueror, they did not seem to be affected by the feelings of sadness, shame and dejectedness that usually overcome the vanquished.

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne