Sentence examples for the despondency from inspiring English sources
noun
The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
The despondency soon lifts.
Does the despondency help us solve anything?
Mr. Lipstein could hear the despondency; alarmed, he asked his son to unload his gun.
He spoke of the "ecstasy" of taking the lead and the "despondency" of losing it.
The tumult in financial markets and the prospect of higher heating bills fed the despondency.
In many respects, however, the despondency of some Germans about their enduring divisions seems misplaced.
The belt-sander drones of "New Moon" and the synthy despondency of the nearly 17-minute long "Interlude" find Evans exploring the gloom inherent in cosmic music.
But I felt the familiar despondency of the technology neophyte creep over me.
The barren despondency of the place depressed him and challenged his resolution, arrived at during his recovery, to see the girl again.
Yet Madeleine Bunting has queried – correctly – the prevailing despondency about trust in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.
The staff who chose to stay then had to cope with the resulting despondency.
