"despondent of" is a grammatically correct phrase that can be used in written English.
It means feeling extremely discouraged or without hope. You can use it in a sentence to describe someone's state of mind, as in: - After losing his job, John was despondent of ever finding another one in his field. - The team was despondent of winning the championship after their star player was injured. - Despite her initial excitement, Sarah became despondent of her chances of getting into her dream college after receiving a rejection letter. In each of these examples, "despondent of" is used to convey a strong sense of hopelessness or despair. This phrase can be used in various contexts, such as personal relationships, career, or any other situation where someone is feeling down or defeated.
"For my recent exhibition, he declined to advertise, finance the production of my exhibition in the least and was despondent of the unlikelihood of sales from the exhibition — all because of recession.
Ms. Green had grown despondent of late, Ms. Sterling said; she had no work, was on the verge of losing her apartment and could no longer send money home.
"Violence becomes a language, the language of the despondent, of the traumatized, of the mentally ill".
Susanna Blamire also identifies the clouds with sorrow and gloom, but this matches her despondent mood of despondency, so the cloud, a "gloomy lowering of the sky", is a welcome visitor.
Mr. Birney will play the title role of the despondent caretaker of a Russian estate, with Mr. Friedman as the arrogant, ill professor and Ms. Dizzia as his young wife, Yelena.
However, I know that in shaping students into becoming whole individuals, it is important for me to look forward instead of becoming despondent because of some isolated negative results.
'WERTHER' For the first time at the Met, Jonas Kaufmann sings a role that should be ideal for him: the lovesick, despondent hero of Massenet's adaptation of Goethe's tragic novel.
–Here's a handy tip on how to avoid pissing off a crowd: Don't destroy the small shred of hope an already despondent group of people have.
Law enforcement stated, "friends and relatives of Brackett said he was despondent because of financial troubles with his business".
Mark thinks of his father - no longer able to work but not old enough to collect Social Security, of his mother grown fat and despondent, and of his once lovely sister, Dolores, who married for 5 years and mother of four children, is falling apart.
In an intriguing contrast, Ms. Burggraaf followed the Berlioz with an involving group of songs by Chausson, beginning with his despondent setting of Shakespeare's song for Ophelia ("Hamlet," Act IV, Scene 5), translated by Maurice Bouchor.
