Example Sentences

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This spring’s blighted crop of dystopian novels is pessimistic about technology, about the economy, about politics, and about the planet, making it a more abundant harvest of unhappiness than most other heydays of downheartedness.

From The New Yorker • May 29, 2017

A reading of the placards and decrees alone can explain the downheartedness, the fury, and the recurring ferocious appetites of the delirious crowd.

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne

I did not in that first moment of utter downheartedness so much as inquire the reason for the trick which had been played upon me.

From International Short Stories American by Various

At these words all Lisbeth's downheartedness vanished, and she felt only how festive and cozy it was to be at home again.

From Lisbeth Longfrock by Poulsson, Laura E. (Laura Elizabeth)

Mr. Hardy's love-poems belong to the literature of downheartedness.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert