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Despairing | Despair | Despaired | Despairs | Despairingly

Despairing meaning

Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.

Synonyms of Despairing

Using Despairing

  • The main meaning on this page is: Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
  • Useful related words include: desperate, hopeless.
  • In the example corpus, despairing often appears in combinations such as: the despairing, despairing of, and despairing.

Context around Despairing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Despairing

  • In this selection, "despairing" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, palestinians, movement, seemed, dive, narrative and people stand out and add context to how "despairing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include past the despairing dive of and an equally despairing reaction from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "despairing" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with despairing

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

But she never seemed despairing. (5 words)

We’re not despairing about that. (6 words)

It means despairing of a life wasted. (7 words)

The viral clip has left many of the UK’s 5,000 “mobilers”, already laid low by the bad weather, despairing at the brutal takedown of an industry, with sales of about £1.45bn a year, still trapped in a cycle of rising costs. (44 words)

And if the movement, despairing of pure wolf stock in North America is indeed bringing in Russian cadaver wolves with average weight 250 pounds and a taste for human flesh, who among us is going to leave a paved road in the backcountry? (43 words)

In a phone interview with Cara Lieurance, Tetzlaff touches on his concert schedule and the works on his program, which includes "uplifting" sonatas in A major by Beethoven and Franck, and the "despairing" Sonata Op 134 by Dmitri Shostakovich. (39 words)

And if the movement, despairing of pure wolf stock in North America is indeed bringing in Russian cadaver wolves with average weight 250 pounds and a taste for human flesh, who among us is going to leave a paved road in the backcountry? (43 words)

Example sentences (20)

And that’s precisely why it feels important to shine a light on the potential inadvertent influence of this despairing narrative.

A number of these despairing people committed suicide.

Cherry-picking some of the worst examples imaginable — the play also features Elle Fanning as Frank’s sententious, sage-smudging fiancée and Graham Campbell as Toni’s drug-dealing son — Jacobs-Jenkins makes a convincing if despairing case.

Despairing resident Kgadi Fele said the situation was difficult and scary.

Kemp shifted the ball onto his left on the edge of the area and curled into the bottom left past the despairing dive of Foster.

Palestinians, despairing over their thwarted national hopes, wage acts of protest, boycott, sabotage, and violence.

The language was mainly of a despairing or insulting variety yet still within the bounds of daily discourse (as, sadly, daily discourse has often become).

Thilo Kehrer guided the ball into the Arsenal area and Bowen was just onside as his volley ricocheted off the turf and skidded past Ramsdale's despairing dive.

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And if the movement, despairing of pure wolf stock in North America is indeed bringing in Russian cadaver wolves with average weight 250 pounds and a taste for human flesh, who among us is going to leave a paved road in the backcountry?

But in an unexpected twist, Paul was seen returning in an emotional confrontation with his despairing husband Billy, played by Daniel Brocklebank.

But she never seemed despairing.

Despite some TikTok viewers despairing at the idea of living in close quarters with their sibling as an adult, Lake says the two sisters, who are in their forties, travel well together.

Jan Paul van Hecke floated in a cross and Hinshelwood rose supremely to plant a header past the despairing dive of Sels.

Only last week I was despairing of all the leftover milk in little jugs after breakfast at a hotel I was staying in.

The viral clip has left many of the UK’s 5,000 “mobilers”, already laid low by the bad weather, despairing at the brutal takedown of an industry, with sales of about £1.45bn a year, still trapped in a cycle of rising costs.

This week in an interview with Fox News Liz Truss was asked for her opinion about Kamala Harris, with her response receiving an equally despairing reaction from viewers.

We’re not despairing about that.

Al-Moallem dismissed the measures as an “act of the despairing” after the Syrian government forces’ success on the battlefield.

In a phone interview with Cara Lieurance, Tetzlaff touches on his concert schedule and the works on his program, which includes "uplifting" sonatas in A major by Beethoven and Franck, and the "despairing" Sonata Op 134 by Dmitri Shostakovich.

It means despairing of a life wasted.

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Common combinations with despairing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "despairing" in a sentence?
An example: "And that’s precisely why it feels important to shine a light on the potential inadvertent influence of this despairing narrative." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "despairing" from authentic English texts.
What does "despairing" mean?
Despairing means: Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless.
What are synonyms of "despairing"?
Common synonyms of "despairing" include: desperate, hopeless.
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