despond
verb (used without object)
to be depressed by loss of hope, confidence, or courage.
despondingly
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a word derived from
despond.
Example Sentences
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An old man, highly esteemed, despondingly said to me after the funeral of his friend: "We hope there is something beyond, but we do not know."
From What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul by Richard la Rue Swain
"And yet she felt it a humiliation to ask me," said he, despondingly.
From Luttrell Of Arran Complete by Charles James Lever
She rose despondingly, took the card, threw it on the table, and went slowly to the drawing-room.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Once he had taken up his pen to denounce Ziegler to the police authorities anonymously, but he had despondingly laid it down again.
From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill
"The bleak, bare crags for me—flowery hollows for her," said Abigail, despondingly.
From Silent Struggles by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
