Example Sentences

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Project manager Neil Hembrow said the number of dumped boards had been "disheartening".

From BBC • May 15, 2023

It was late in the season, and for the best part of a week the weather had been disheartening.

From The Four Corners of the World by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

But, in spite of this mark of popular favour, the experience had been disheartening and its effect was disturbing.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

During this lonely year that had passed since his wife's death, Mr. Day's experiences with domestic help had been disheartening as well as varied.

From Janice Day the Young Homemaker by Long, Helen Beecher