Examples of 'despairing' in a sentence

Meaning of "despairing"

Despair (verb): to lose all hope or confidence. This phrase is used in English to convey a sense of hopelessness or extreme sadness in a situation
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  • Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
  • present participle of despair
  • A mood or display of despair.

How to use "despairing" in a sentence

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His despairing wife jumped to her death.
We will then end up despairing of the institution.
His look was so wild and so despairing.
Lonely and despairing in this cursed house.
The brows of men by the despairing light.
Let the despairing moments come to rest on me.
Desmond certainly is not despairing at the moment.
He was uttering these words with a sort of despairing.
Souls already despairing of the day of resurrection.
My heart reverberates with her despairing call.
They were all but despairing of finding a captain.
They are not demoralised or defeated or despairing persons.
I think my despairing tone fails to convince her.
And may bring comfort to the despairing.
Let us return to our despairing motorcycle driver.

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The crippled and blind and despairing.
And now read his despairing letter to me.
Despairing prayer was to be let alone.
So many lost and despairing and crying.
The despairing thoughts can flood without warning.
Here he gave out with a despairing grunt.
It was not despairing that fueled the riot.
It will steady troubled and despairing souls.
So this despairing cycle of incarceration continues.
At once he turned to her with a despairing look.
The sight of despairing deserters being strung up.
Come again to all who are desperate and despairing.
There stands the despairing daughter.
Despairing of ever finding the lass.
Paul spoke of despairing life itself.
Despairing lover who loves vainly.
Doubting and despairing must be removed.
He has every reason to feel depressed and despairing.
I heard the despairing cry of some of my fellow passengers.
Only to return to the despairing darkness.
No more despairing about when this longing will end.
Many of us can feel hopeless and despairing as a result.
Who is despairing now at home.
I am more unhappy than you and more despairing.
Utters one despairing bleat.
He found himself alone and despairing.
And died each in the despairing posture of his fall.
The future is sombre and despairing.
I woke up despairing of my ability to last a week under those circumstances.
And manage it against despairing thoughts.
Despairing of our ability to rise to.
It is like a lifebelt to which despairing mortals may cling.
I was despairing over the state of disarray my home is in perpetually.
Solomon does not support a despairing attitude.
Despairing delight is my argument.

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