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How to use dejection in a sentence

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They had made promises, but what has happened, what we have seen and experienced has plunged us into dejection and despair.
Tiredness might have played its part, but the sense of dejection and depression emanating from the studio clouded the whole broadcast.
The body language of the escaper, who approached my position, was one of utter dejection, head down, shambling forward with obvious reluctance.
All of the fight went out of him and he settled on the brick ledge, his shoulders slumped in dejection.
His legs gave out from under him and he sank to his knees, his whole form shaking, his shoulders slumped with pure dejection.
Celebration time for the players in sky blue, dejection, utter dejection, for the gallant Gaeltacht.
Nat's face was set, his usually warm, soft expression was hard and chilly, his cloudy eyes hinting at sorrow and dejection.
Putting his elbows on his knees, he leaned forward slightly, holding his face in his hands, his shoulders slumped in complete dejection.
For most of the evening, until Dean hit the stage, the crowd rested somewhere between disappointment and dejection.
That feeling of dejection could be very depressing for a child if he is not able to establish a relationship he wants.
His heart sank and the disappointment and utter dejection he felt was sharp and foreign.
And, as I stood there in silent dejection, I thought that the whole experience was so utterly, utterly typical of this Government.
But their elation turned to dejection as their opponents snatched victory from them in a nail-biting penalty shoot-out.
But, just as there were celebrations, so too was there a feeling of dejection and loss among those who had worked hard to block the bill.
In the rare moments when the self-reproach would ease up, grief or dejection would engulf him.
There were tears and dejection and frustration and misery and anger for North Ribblesdale last Saturday.
A look of dejection passed through her eyes as she looked away, trying not to feel hurt by his turndown.
But now, more than ever, he seemed to have completely sunk into the depths of dejection.
Midlife, he was unchurched, and his excommunication placed him in a state of dejection.
Joy plants seeds of hope in those areas of our life where there was only despondency and dejection.
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In point of fact he was not suffering, but extreme dejection was overcoming him.
Lancaster, whenever he noticed her dejection, was inclined to pooh-pooh it.
There was an atmosphere of arnica and dejection in the house when we got there.
From this moment she dragged herself about the house in silence and dejection.
Then letting his arms fall helplessly to his sides in dejection, he departed.
Deep dejection settled down upon her as she walked down Chapel Hill toward home.
But it was not a dejection that could awaken pity in the pious heart of Asad.
She found her at last, in her hiding-place behind the bed, sunk in deep dejection.
Whether in his studio or in the streets, his dejection was the same.
Richling smiled broadly through his dejection, and touched his own chest.
In deep dejection Raleigh gave the order to steer away for Guiana.
It would not be likely to produce that dejection of mind which frequently attended him.
Many of his vassals had assembled at the news of his death, and followed the bier with all the external marks, at least, of dejection and sorrow.
What gave him those long hours of dejection, following the maddest gaiety?
Nevertheless, they had been so absolutely tricked that they were bound to suffer a certain dejection.
When the Vila awoke she fell into the deepest dejection over the loss.
Wild, Quixotic notions of sacrifice flooded his mood of dejection.
A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.
His excessive anguish drew him from this state of dejection.
Accordingly, Suzanne now went to see Madame Granson, composing her face to an expression of the deepest dejection.
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