Example Sentences

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“It saddens me, it disgusts me and disheartens me,” Alvarez said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

"It disgusts me and disheartens me that people in our nation seem incapable of being decent people."

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2022

It allows those who are responsible to remain unaccountable, and it disheartens those who seek to do the right thing.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2021

“These words have no place on News10NBC’s air, and the fact that we broadcast them disheartens and disgusts me; that it was not caught immediately is inexcusable,” he said in the statement.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2019

I think, my dear lady, that it is no use trying to stop him; nothing disheartens him.

From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Gounod, Charles