Example Sentences

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There it sat, refusing to decompose, for several days, until I finally went out and dispiritedly moved both layers to the garbage can.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2023

Stenger could not muster much of an answer, practically inaudible as he dispiritedly debriefed the senators.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2021

A traveler in the rural South in the summertime is always eating dinner, dispiritedly, in the barely waning heat of the day.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2017

“Actually, I can’t vote for Bernie,” he told me dispiritedly.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 19, 2016

The class looked dispiritedly at the enormous boxes Hagrid had brought out, all lined with pillows and fluffy blankets.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling