Dejected

Examples

• The other teachers, poor things, were generally themselves too much dejected to attempt the task of cheering others. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• A minute ago, the boy had looked the quiet child, mild, dejected creature that harsh treatment had made him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She crept to her couch, chill and dejected. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Everything was bowed down, dejected, oppressed, and broken. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He was for ever busy; and the only check to his enjoyments was my sorrowful and dejected mien. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Sometimes I joined him; at such times his countenance was invariably solemn, his air dejected. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He was pale and dejected, stained with dust, and exhausted with hunger and fatigue. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• She looked dejected, as docilely yielding to a commanding power; she submissively entered, and was lost in the dark recess. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• And Edmund is deeply dejected at the idea of going away by himself, and, indeed, I don't like that he should be trusted by himself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The dejected Mrs. Cruncher shook her head. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The poor fellows looked dejected, and walked off in silence. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I rang the bell, the servant came, and Mr. Guppy, laying his written card upon the table and making a dejected bow, departed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is your disposition to be easily dejected and to fancy difficulties greater than they are. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• With that, they walk again; she, making those angry spirts in the sand; he, dragging that dejected tail. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The women involuntarily drew in their breath, and the whole gang sat with downcast, dejected faces. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Fanny, at once agitated and dejected, replied, If you hear of it from everybody, cousin, there can be nothing for me to tell. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Yet she is usually most tranquil, too dejected and thoughtful indeed sometimes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Miss Pross, shaking her loving and dejected head at her by no means affectionate brother, said through her tears, Mr. Cruncher. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When is she dejected or melancholy? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• We went to bed greatly dejected. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I was crying all the time, but, except that I was conscious of being cold and dejected, I am sure I never thought why I cried. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I was greatly dejected and distressed, but in an incoherent wholesale sort of way. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

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