Despondently

And believe it or not, a lot of conservatives want to turn Social Security into a stock market plan-shake head despondently, with pity for those who don't get what a bad idea this is... ❋ Jared Bernstein (2011)

It was a dramatic sulk: O'Keefe, in a baby blue Ralph Lauren polo shirt, shoes untied, khakis wrinkled, flipping despondently through the Pottery Barn catalog. ❋ Gregory Beyer (2011)

Where once the label was a badge of pride 67% claimed it in 1988 now those self-defining as working class say despondently that it only means "poor" and "low-paid" these days. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Hooper has spoken of "heavy content" simmering beneath the elated rush of guitar and keyboards, but any heaviness is only glancingly alluded to "The colours you had, no need to be sad, it really ain't that bad," Zucconi twitters despondently on Colours. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Tripoli residents huddled despondently indoors, watching the broadcast, checking on friends and wondering how many more times they would have to brave the streets before the regime falls, according to accounts from individuals reached by phone or through the Internet. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The correspondent sank down despondently, with a collapsing of the chest and a drooping forward of the shoulders. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I am sure I know none of them," she answered despondently. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“It was a problem with marketing, not design,” the asura said despondently. ❋ J. Robert King (2011)

Staring despondently at the pile of contracts and invoices on my desk; logging on to typepad. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Its obituary came almost a century ago from Conrad, and was echoed despondently by the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, by Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Bub saw it clearly when put in that light, and shook his head despondently. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Fayaz] is [despondent] when Anthony misses their [3:30] PM hug appointment. See also: inconsolable. ❋ BrandonWalsh (2014)

[Johnny] was despondent because his [IQ] was 4. ❋ Fred Jung. (2003)

[despondent], [distracted], your [vicious], and romantic ❋ ZZz_Jinxy_zZz (2007)

[Despondent] are my [favourite] [punk] band ever. ❋ Spunky McPunk (2004)

She was [feeling] [despondent] after she lost a [match]. ❋ PiPd1234 (2023)

Example 1: why are you so [despondent] with everything [I try] to do? Example 2: [S/he] is so depondent with everything going on in his/her life. ❋ Cecile Poisedon (2009)

Roleld [Mc] Doneld ❋ Queen Of Australia (2003)