Sentence examples for mood of dejection from inspiring English sources

"There is a mood of dejection in the country today – you can feel it," said Mondli Makhanya, a leading newspaper columnist.

Conversely, "Adults who feel socially isolated are also characterized by higher levels of anxiety, negative mood, dejection, hostility, fear of negative evaluation, perceived stress, lower levels of optimism, happiness, and life satisfaction".

These musical elements help convey moods of despair and dejection that reflect the album's subject matter.

(Connor screws his face into a caricature of dejection).

And each time, I felt a little bit of dejection.

"Himself has a slightly distracted air of dejection.

"The general state of society is one of dejection and pessimism," he said later.

What optimism there was did not last long, replaced by a growing sense of dejection.

At this moment of dejection, his home hopelessly broken, he met Marian Evans.

Certainly the lyrics coincide with the duet's tale of dejection and still-burning passion.

In "Gloria," the dancers are initially kneeling or sitting in postures of dejection or consolation.