Sentence examples for spirits sagged from inspiring English sources
"spirits sagged" is a phrase commonly used in written English
You can use it when referring to something that has made someone feel disheartened, disappointed, or discouraged. Example: "The team's spirits sagged after they lost the championship game."
Then last year, at age 30, her spirits sagged.
When the television networks called the race for Mrs. Clinton, their spirits sagged.
The group's spirits sagged at the news – their tiny, drooping shoulders speaking for every American soccer fan who hoped to see him in person for the first time.
Astronomers' spirits sagged earlier this year when the Hubble Space Telescope's new infrared camera sprang a coolant leak, potentially cutting in half the instrument's planned 4-year lifetime.
Rovers' spirits sagged visibly and Young, on for Paul Scholes, settled the destination of the points with a fine turn and precise finish from the edge of the area to leave United and their supporters celebrating at the final whistle.
An animated storyteller who gladly signed autographs for hours, Howe's spirits sagged after his wife, Colleen, was diagnosed in 2002 with Pick's disease, a neurological disorder that causes dementia.
Just like exams, the steepest thousand feet are at the end, when legs are tired, the air is thin, and spirits sagging.
"France has to make its particular voice heard," pleaded Pierre Moscovici, the Socialists' foreign-affairs spokesman, this week, "which is not that of the United States .Mr Sarkozy has two specific challenges if he is to stop the public's spirits sagging even further over Afghanistan.
Even when their bodies flagged, their spirits never sagged.
When I smacked my dog's forehead (to discourage a behavior, as the manual suggested), it hung its head in shame, its tail turned orange and its spirit visibly sagged.
Not surprisingly, spirits often sag as the body slows down.
