have been disheartening
- present perfect progressive of dishearten.
Example Sentences
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It would have been disheartening, but not at all surprising, had she found the village and my home intolerable, but she did not—she appeared content, sustained we will say, by her sense of duty.
From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin
It must have been disheartening work, picking away at the flinty ledges.
From The Boys' Life of Mark Twain by Paine, Albert Bigelow
In this there was nothing new; but, for all that, the monotony of the situation must have been disheartening.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
Though absolutely free, they were imprisoned in their own simplicity, which would have been disheartening had either given a meaning to their confused desires.
From The Hated Son by Balzac, Honoré de
Otherwise the effect of their poor shooting would have been disheartening to them and encouraging to the enemy.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
