"despairing time" is correct and can be used in written English
You can use this phrase to express the feeling of helplessness during a difficult period. For example, "When the pandemic hit, it was a despairing time for many families".
There is a despairing time lapse between when collections are shown (spring in September and fall in February) and when those pieces are sold.
One may wish, in light of the novel's panoramic ambitions, he had dealt a bit more with the greater political conflicts that would no doubt have swirled about in the desert, even among those thankful for the work, but he's done a wonderful job of rendering the feel of the country during this despairing time, as well as providing a moving glimpse of the sorrow and drift of its people.
In some ways, the zombie genre is a despairing fiction for despairing times.
I guess he too found himself continually in a world of hurt and despair, time after time.
The writer, at times despairing, at times hopeful, fought to be cured of anorexia nervosa, one of the disorders.
Squealing "Mr Grimsdale!" to his despairing boss time and again, he also coined a catchphrase that would enter comedy history.
In Peter Biskind's recent book "My Lunches with Orson," the late auteur despairs of time periods like the nineteen-twenties ever being depicted properly in film, saying — quite accurately — that if a fifties film attempts to portray the twenties, it looks like the twenties in the nineteen-fifties.
More than two-thirds of British Jews have a "sense of despair" every time an expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is approved, and three-quarters think that Israel's approach to making peace with the Palestinians is damaging its standing in the world, according to a new poll.
Dentists and dental hygienists despair every time they are confronted with a patient who has been told they are suffering from gum disease (gingivitis) or are at risk of decay, and three or six months down the line when they are recalled, they've not acted on our advice.
By March 2009 they were down to a despairing 13 times, despite a much more minor downturn in the real market.
I feel sadness, even despair at times, but my son has given me unexpected gifts.
