is despairing
- present progressive of despair (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Abdul is despairing about the situation now facing many artists in the country: “All doors appear to have shut for young artists, especially for female artists,” she states via email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2021
More than two years later, he is despairing.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 16, 2018
Just as she is despairing that she will spend her life behind bars, an informant describes to the police an elaborate ruse, saying her alleged crimes never took place.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2011
Its optimism is despairing; its doubt is born of faith.
From Time Magazine Archive
In so far as this attitude of yours is merely passive, sullen, negative, as it mainly is, despairing of our capacity and anticipating a future of gloom, it is no game for man or woman.
From Courage by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
