Despaired

The blast restricted his memory and he despaired the prospect of being wheelchair-bound given his resulting paralyzation.

It’s not in Fonda’s nature to feel that kind of helplessness: “I’ve never despaired before.

My experience will be familiar to anyone who has ever despaired at forgoing the comforting routines of how their own family do Christmas and being forced to follow the traditions of another clan.

Plagued by soaking wet walls, invasive black stains and crumbling plaster Selina and her son despaired of getting repairs that lasted.

Dr. Rachel Easterwood, who works the night shift in the I.C.U., had despaired at how little could be done for some patients.

Some French doctors expressed relief and business owners despaired as the country prepared to shut down again for a month.

I did my research, looked at all of that, despaired of handling this without joining an exorbitant group tour, and then decided there had to be a better way.

I was a fan of the idea, but despaired at its execution.

After Schleicher as well despaired of his efforts to get hold of the situation, Hindenburg accepted his resignation with the words, "Thanks, General, for everything you have done for the Fatherland.

Arachne acknowledged Athena's triumph, but despaired at the loss of her craft.

Cartographers had long despaired over publishers' inapt use of the Mercator.

Elizabeth, who had previously despaired over this very behavior, is forced to admit the truth of Mr. Darcy's observations, and begins to see that she has misjudged him.

Ellmann (1988:95) Ruskin despaired at the self-validating aestheticism of Pater, arguing that the importance of art lies in its potential for the betterment of society.

Following her conviction, Leicester, then in the Netherlands, vehemently urged her execution in his letters; he despaired of Elizabeth's security after so many plots.

He despaired of being "a clerk, a machine, a riding-school hack, eating and drinking and sleeping at fixed hours.

His speech was a string of cascading pearls, measured so that none despaired of its length, and no eye challenged him because of brevity.

Hoffmann despaired because of his exile, and drew caricatures of himself drowning in mud alongside ragged villagers.

One such reformer, Abbot John Troy of Mellifont, despaired of finding any solution to the ruin of the order.

Walter Laqueur despaired of defining terrorism in both editions of his monumental work on the subject, maintaining that it is neither possible to do so nor worthwhile to make the attempt.

Witnessing the events in the Round-table conference, Jinnah had despaired of politics and particularly of getting mainstream parties like the Congress to be sensitive to minority priorities.