Sentence examples for despondent from from inspiring English sources

More than a decade ago, when I was breaking under the stress of my PhD thesis and despondent from estrangement with my family, Professor Lau sent me e-mails daily, quoting lines from his favorite movies in his signature.

News of the deal was met with proverbial pitchforks and videos of despondent children from the Chicago Bulls faithful.

The supposedly dramatic conclusion was an anticlimax, with West Ham hitting despondent efforts from the spot that, with the exception of Teddy Sheringham's firm strike, were saved by Pepe Reina.

"Stop crying Papa, I will not die," Kollie told his despondent father from across the treatment center's fence in Foya, Liberia, after he was diagnosed.

Yet, he was far from despondent.

The Hamburg fans around us are far from despondent, though.

Lord Strathclyde is optimistic about the future of forestry and "far from despondent about the future of the Highlands".

She took thousands of calls around the clock, talking despondent farmers down from the ledge and devising strategies to try to save their farms.

The distress calls from despondent men and women who believed until very recently that they were living the American dream are coming from all over the country.

Konstantin Dolganovsky, a writer in Perm, said in a telephone interview that all day long on Saturday, he received calls from despondent friends in the city.

The Salford coach, Shaun McRae, was far from despondent at the defeat, with those two late tries putting a lop-sided look on what was a tight clash for much of the 80 minutes.