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But your misrepresentation which pained me most, in fact desolates me to the extent that I am unfit for work, is your statement that I weigh 200 Ib.

From Time Magazine Archive

He visits Barbara's soup kitchen shelter and proves with an open checkbook that he can bribe the poor and buy the Army, which desolates Barbara.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sudden death of Leontes' young son desolates him.

From Time Magazine Archive

It desolates me to think that I cannot offer these apologies to Mr. Vantine in person.

From The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet A Detective Story by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

It desolates me to hear of her extremity," the captain answered, with a fine irony, "but I am here to do my duty.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha