Sentence examples for lingering despair from inspiring English sources

Nao writes about being bullied in school in Tokyo, her father's lingering despair after being booted from his Silicon Valley job, and her efforts to write a memoir of her 104-year-old great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun.

Residents lingered in despair as their beloved tree became pulp at the other end of the woodchipper.

Significantly, the festival bumps up against the lingering rage and despair among many over the verdict in the Amadou Diallo trial, Ms. Butts and Ms. Renee said.

At the same time, despair lingered around the borders as rebel leader Laurent Nkunda's troops pillaged, killed, and raped, 16 kilometers away.

A part of me feared that they would answer with happy palliatives and brusque monologues about how everything turned out great, peachy, fabulous — and I would know that underneath those rushed narratives would be the lingering dark feelings of inadequacy, despair and self-doubt.

On June 1 , 1864 Hong, despairing after a lingering illness, committed suicide.

And yet, the lingering sensation on finishing "In Times of Fading Light" is one not of despair but rather of triumph.

"Will they whimper when sore, complain when challenged or blame you in despair?" They also note that any lingering privacy you might have had around your partner will be gone.

The real Van Gogh shot himself outside -- a botched job that left him lingering for days -- but Witkin's Van Gogh despairs indoors.

The lingering economic crisis has crippled public morale, and young people despair of finding work.

Hence the lingering image of Mary at the end, keeping silence at a busy dinner table, an island of despair.