Sentence examples for a bit crestfallen from inspiring English sources

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She looks a bit crestfallen, and I ask if she thinks she has suffered, romantically at least, for that attitude.

A bit crestfallen, Mr. Hirschkron looked sporadically for other places within a two-block radius of Tompkins Square Park, but never found anything half as exciting.

He said, "You look a bit crestfallen, lad," and I said, "The lieutenant-commander told me to come back later when I'm older".

After momentary elation, the students were actually a bit crestfallen when they learned they had won the contest, but only because they had misunderstood when Schafer brought them the news.

He then adds some always-welcome Aussie banter: "Oh, and the Aussies seem a bit crestfallen with only six [swimming] golds in these Games, they seemed to have penciled in at least another three - but now they are talking up the rowing and sailing... .. 6.22am: Australia, the gauntlet has been thrown down... "On the point of Aussie bashing," writes Michael Lee from Shanghai.

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The couple suggest that they wouldn't be crestfallen if the house took a bit of time to sell.

A bit.

"A bits a bit.

"Over and out," says Die Welt, next to a picture of a crestfallen Toni Kroos.

A request for chablis was met with a crestfallen look and an indifferent minervois offered instead.

He looks a little crestfallen.

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