Sentence examples for despondency that from inspiring English sources

The despondency that had set in owing to absence of policy announcements would certainly be addressed to some extent.

Events thus far in January have helped lift the mantilla of despondency that seemed to settle after a particularly brutal December.

He lacked the despondency that often comes with defeat in a big game and dismissed questions about whether he would return for another season, looking as innocent in defeat as he had following the previous 25 straight victories.

That such a victory would also represent the Democrats' best hope illustrates a descent into despondency that makes the excitement of two years ago seem like it belonged to another country.

Things looked to be going wrong when he had bogey fives at the fourth, 10th and 11th but it was a good sign that there was no hint of the despondency that seems to have affected him at times since the start of the season.

The psychologist G. Stanley Hall lent scientific legitimacy to the concept of adolescence, describing it, in 1904, as a "genetic period of storm and stress," with a "curve of despondency" that rises at the age of eleven and falls by twenty-three.

Yet he continued to look to others to help wrench him from his despondency, believing that a rescuer would one day emerge.

He raised expectations he could not meet, contributing to the despondency and cynicism that dominated this election.

J'attends hits you with a blast of retro-80′s influenced synthesiser-pop – four vignettes of bitter-sweet slices of life, love, despondency and disillusionment – that are nigh on perfect.

I am familiar with feelings of despondency and isolation that can follow me into the most crowded of rooms.

Yet her fans seem undeterred by a dismal track record as the overpaid boss of a company, overseeing a disastrous merger and laying off 30,000 people – precisely the kind of behaviour that causes despondency in middle America.