has despaired
- present perfect of despair (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Even in an industry used to frantic problem-solving on tight budgets, the lack of government action to save an industry and cultural ecosystem worth billions has despaired and confounded them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2020
Despite some support from the culture ministry, El Shafee has despaired of seeking an official apology for his ordeal.
From Newsweek ● Jun. 25, 2012
The three-legged pig, the two-headed lamb and the four-winged chicken are already in place, but he has despaired of getting the kittens' wedding back from the US.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2010
The most accurate thing that can be said about it is that it has despaired of communication.
From Time Magazine Archive
That man who does not believe that each day contains an earlier, more sacred, and auroral hour than he has yet profaned, has despaired of life, and is pursuing a descending and darkening way.
From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David
