| They had made promises, but what has happened, what we have seen and experienced has plunged us into dejection and despair. |
| Putting his elbows on his knees, he leaned forward slightly, holding his face in his hands, his shoulders slumped in complete dejection. |
| His legs gave out from under him and he sank to his knees, his whole form shaking, his shoulders slumped with pure dejection. |
| All of the fight went out of him and he settled on the brick ledge, his shoulders slumped in dejection. |
| For most of the evening, until Dean hit the stage, the crowd rested somewhere between disappointment and dejection. |
| Tiredness might have played its part, but the sense of dejection and depression emanating from the studio clouded the whole broadcast. |
