Examples of 'despair' in a sentence
Meaning of "despair"
despair: A noun that refers to a state of hopelessness or desperation, often associated with feelings of sadness or loss
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- To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
- To cause to despair.
- To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
- Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
How to use "despair" in a sentence
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Despair fills the mattress show room.
She died in despair in her past life.
Especially now when we are consumed with despair.
I had begun to despair of our barren valley.
Which leads to feelings of worthlessness and despair.
Do not despair if your earphones get wet.
This growing sense of despair must be reversed.
False despair is the same as false hope.
For the cup of despair brims over.
The despair of the jet set is fathomless.
The frustration and despair being felt is apparent.
A ray of hope for the children in despair.
But never despair as you waste away.
Colin was torn between guilt and despair.
This is the true despair he was talking about.
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What remains ahead is either hope or despair.
Sometimes we despair at the state of the world.
You can cry for a body in despair.
So do not despair over the move my boy.
But his heart was filled with despair.
I just hope his despair is not contagious.
I do not say this out of bitterness or despair.
People were living in despair and struggling in darkness.
Childlike innocence is not a viable alternative to despair.
She was in despair when her husband died.
In all its glory and its despair.
And indeed it is a despair for the disbelievers.
The thin taste of anguish and despair.
It is not despair of success that keeps me dumb.
The old woman looked back in despair.
Where there is despair may we bring hope.
Staring into eyes of darkness and despair.
We do not however despair of reaching this objective.
After rescuing his brother from despair.
I searched in despair and you hid in despair.
I am floundering in a sea of confusion and total despair.
But even in despair can mean a lot.
Disease and malnutrition will compound despair.
Suffering and despair do not make me humble.
But atheism is not a recipe for despair.
I do not despair of meeting my soulmate one day.
Not every toy meets with despair.
Behold and despair your new master.
But then he regressed into a profound despair.
Law is born from despair of human nature.
The result was only ruination and despair.
Death and despair were their reward.
The kingdom fell into an icy despair.
In this despair also there is that happiness.
They come from horror and despair.
