dispiritedly
- a word derived from dispirited.
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
We piled back into the old, dispiritedly lit coaches waiting for us, slumped into the uncomfortable green seats, and no one said much until we were miles away.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
