(1) Dixon said that in the wake of the latest shooting, he was “disheartened but not surprised”.
(2) The simple answer: absolutely no.” The reticence of others to publicly support her had been disheartening at times.
(3) Perhaps more disheartening has been the increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.
(4) Obviously, workers get disheartened and reduce their demand for work even when they need it; in other cases, the state and local authorities try to dissuade them or do not register their demand because they do not have the funds to provide the required work.
(5) "We are deeply disheartened about the unprecedented events taking place in the UK at the moment and which have impacted communities across the country," he said.
(6) Navratilova, a winner of 18 grand slam singles titles, said: “It is really disheartening to see Ray Moore offer the extremely prejudiced and very old-fashioned statements regarding women tennis players.
(7) Those left thoroughly disheartened by the week in politics and Monday’s Euro 2016 football disaster have been invited to reflect back on a happier time, when the Beatles were at No 1 in the charts with Paperback Writer, and England were about to lift the World Cup for the first (perhaps only) occasion.
(8) It sets out yet more evidence of the real-life and disheartening effects on women of the shortage of midwives."
(9) Bush said that the passage of HB40 has left many activists “overall probably disheartened” and “kind of tired” but determined to carry on.
(10) It is disheartening to see some tabloids give prominence to this nonsense.
(11) Yet one of the key issues and most disheartening matters for workers is the attitude of Mike Ashley , who repeatedly distances himself from current problems in the stores.
(12) Esteban Lasso, executive director of Canadian-based "cleft care" charity Transforming Faces, said in a statement : "It's disheartening that a major motion picture would perpetuate this negative perception and we hope that in future, birth defects and facial differences will not be used to portray 'evil' characters."
(13) That seemed implausible when he left Manchester United in 2004, disheartened after two and a half largely fruitless seasons.
(14) It is sad and disheartening that the Oscars awards show sought to use anti-Jewish stereotypes for laughs."
(15) So for him to be this disheartened with Moyes says a fair bit.
(16) To fall back into this type of conflict against itself, is disheartening and tragic.” “I’m trying to help them see past their tribalism and the fighting, to become more aware of the current issues that are effecting the entire planet, not just a small minority.
(17) The country’s president, Baron Waqa, told parliament after the child refugees were beaten: “I’m disheartened that the refugees are being attacked by the locals verbally and physically.” The Australian government maintains that the welfare of refugees resettled on Nauru is a matter solely for the Nauru government.
(18) The government proposals, which come after last month's General Synod vote against legislation to allow female bishops , have disheartened many clergy campaigning for a more inclusive church.
(19) But this is a radical, disheartening development in the history of the organisation, long held out as a beacon for the open, free spirit of the web as a tool for liberation.
(20) It’s clear the CIA was trying to play ‘keep away’ with documents relevant to an investigation by their overseers in Congress, and that’s a serious constitutional concern,” Snowden told NBC : But it’s equally if not more concerning that we’re seeing another ‘Merkel Effect,’ where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it’s a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them.” Updated at 4.09pm GMT 3.54pm GMT Brennan says Edward Snowden’s leaks have disheartened people in the intelligence community.
Downhearted
Definition:
(a.) Dejected; low-spirited.
Example Sentences:
(1) 6.38pm GMT Daniel Taylor (@DTguardian) Word out of Portugal is that Man City didn't even get close to Porto's £ demands for Fernando and Mangala #MCFC January 31, 2014 6.30pm GMT "Tell Simon Burnton not to get too downhearted," says Michael Hann.
(2) They like a good party in Wigan, and the small matter of their beloved football team, the Latics, being relegated from the Premier League was never going to make them downhearted.
(3) We used to go shopping and she’d go, oh, what’s the point, they aren’t going to have any nice clothes in my size, and she’d get really downhearted.” Franks left school at 18 with a qualification in health and social care, and worked in a care home near Hove.
(4) It’s a miracle of the modern church that reformers are not utterly downhearted by this latest reverse.
(5) Defeat in Bucharest – but still far from downhearted.
(6) The Leicester manager, Nigel Pearson, feels his side, who drew 2-2 against Everton on the opening weekend, should not be too downhearted.
(7) Oppenheimer, speaking to the Guardian hours after missing out at the Academy awards, is in no mood to be downhearted.
(8) If we’d needed three points today we’d have been in serious trouble, with offsides we didn’t think were offside and a penalty we didn’t think was a penalty.” He explained his team selection by saying: “The players who worked so hard to get us safe had no need to come out and exert themselves any more, and put themselves through the mill.” However, the decision to field a starting XI featuring a left flank, in the left-back Tom Robson and the winger Rees Greenwood, populated entirely by 20-year-old debutants, carried with it a risk that a wildly promising conclusion to the season would end on a slightly downhearted note.
(9) But what feels more important still, this week, is not to be downhearted.
(10) I was beginning to feel very downhearted,” Charles said.
(11) Sonia refuses to feel downhearted about the club being relegated.
(12) The Tories are on their way out; they are losing their MPs; they are defecting, divided and downhearted," he will claim.