Disheartened

Examples

• His partner, however, became disheartened by the obstacles thrown in their way, and left this country for America before the success of the screw was established. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• When he had 'worked round,' as he called it, to Paris in his pilgrimage, and had wholly failed in it so far, he was not disheartened. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She was disheartened by Lady Bertram's silence, awed by Sir Thomas's grave looks, and quite overcome by Mrs. Norris's admonitions. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I noted down these particulars in my pocket-book, feeling as I did so both doubtful and disheartened about my next proceedings. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Though the workmen were now growing more weary and disheartened with each new volume they undertook, Gutenberg would not give up. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I try to persuade myself that it is so, because I am anxious not to be disheartened already about the future. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• In turn they became disheartened, and would have been glad to submit without compromise. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We live in such a state of muddle that it's impossible, and I have only been more disheartened whenever I have tried. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Not disheartened by this failure he built another one, longer and stronger, and this he succeeded in propelling by steam power, though very slowly. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The disheartened and frequently defeated African militia joined it, and, at the battle of Zama, composed the greater part of the troops of Annibal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• There is no need to be disheartened in this. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• This reply, so characteristic of the manner in which Government _employés_ generally regard anything new to which their attention is solicited, completely disheartened Mr. Ronalds. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• He could hardly ever get out, poor man, to enjoy anything, and _that_ disheartened me from doing several things that Sir Thomas and I used to talk of. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The gallant flag was up, but it was under the spell, too, and hung limp and disheartened by the mast. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Typist: Montague