Sentence examples for fits of despondency from inspiring English sources

"The doctor is liable to fits of despondency & gloom," an undergraduate wrote about Mr. Hitchcock in a diary entry.

In 1823, in a fit of despondency, Saint-Simon attempted to kill himself with a pistol but succeeded only in putting out one eye.

In a fit of despondency from this and other personal disappointments he began a suicide attempt before experiencing what he termed "a sharp return to good sense".

In the final pages of "Submarine!" Captain Beach wrote of his feelings, while skipper of the submarine Piper, when Japan surrendered: "Instead of wild exultation, a fit of the deepest despondency descended upon me.

Very uplifting in times of despondency.

Look for suicide attempts or other evidence of despondency.

And there was a general air of despondency in the city Wednesday night.

Aretha suffered through rough relationships with men, chronic weight problems and bouts of despondency.

There is a growing mood of despondency about the privacy issue".

"It worries me that we are getting into a circle of despondency and despair.

At lunch, the contestants group together and eat their lasagne without much sign of despondency.