Example Sentences

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Rather than fall deeper into a hole of self-despair, I guess I saw that I had to find a way out to survive.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2015

There were, Chief Boyce said, “other postings as well, of self-despair, of anger at himself and where his life is right now.”

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014

Such anguish may partake of various characters, having sometimes more the quality of loathing; sometimes that of irritation and exasperation; or again of self-mistrust and self-despair; or of suspicion, anxiety, trepidation, fear.

From Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature by James, William

With that cry of self-despair Maggie fell on her knees against the table, and buried her sorrow-stricken face.

From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis

Was there ever a more ingenuous confession, a more thorough contrition, a more profound humility, or a more utter self-despair?

From Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses by Cross, Joseph