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Despaired is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Despaired in a sentence

Despaired | Despair | Despairing | Despairs

Despaired meaning

simple past and past participle of despair

Using Despaired

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of despair
  • In the example corpus, despaired often appears in combinations such as: despaired of, despaired at, he despaired.

Context around Despaired

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Despaired

  • In this selection, "despaired" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ever, son and owners stand out and add context to how "despaired" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 95 ruskin despaired at the and and he despaired the prospect. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "despaired" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with despaired

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Cartographers had long despaired over publishers' inapt use of the Mercator. (11 words)

I was a fan of the idea, but despaired at its execution. (12 words)

Arachne acknowledged Athena's triumph, but despaired at the loss of her craft. (13 words)

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. (33 words)

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. (31 words)

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. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

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.

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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.

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Common combinations with despaired

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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An example: "The blast restricted his memory and he despaired the prospect of being wheelchair-bound given his resulting paralyzation." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "despaired" from authentic English texts.
What does "despaired" mean?
Despaired means: simple past and past participle of despair
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