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Example sentences for "downhearted"

Lexicographically close words:
downed; downfal; downfall; downgrade; downhaul; downhill; downland; download; downpour; downpours
  1. But he could not hinder him, and Muadhan said farewell to them and left them there and then, and it is sorrowful and downhearted Diarmuid and Grania were after him.

  2. And they set out then over the ridges of the sea; and they were downhearted after leaving that country until the birds began to sing for them, and then their courage rose up, and they were glad and light-hearted.

  3. And when I knew by their talk that Finn was not living or any of the Fianna, it is downhearted I was, and tired, and very sorrowful after them.

  4. And it is tired and downhearted and sorrowful he was after that, and he made an oath he would take no great rest till he would have avenged on Diarmuid all that he had done.

  5. And he understood the use of herbs, and one time he met with two women that were very downhearted because their husbands had gone from them to take other wives.

  6. It is downhearted and sorrowful Lir was at that news, for he understood well it was Aoife had destroyed or made an end of his children.

  7. And downhearted as they were, it is hardly they could keep from laughing when they heard Conan saying that.

  8. THE CALL OF OISIN One misty morning, what were left of the Fianna were gathered together to Finn, and it is sorrowful and downhearted they were after the loss of so many of their comrades.

  9. And the women of the Sidhe were very downhearted to see him going from them, for there was no harper could play half so sweetly on his harp as he could play on an ivy leaf.

  10. He was really nothing but skin and bones, and it made him very downhearted to think of it.

  11. Next day he was put into harness again and that evening he was very downhearted indeed.

  12. I went day after day to see it, and when I was glad it laughed at me, and when I was downhearted it was sad with me, and when I was angry it scowled, and when I dreamed of Love it had a kiss on its lips.

  13. They'd got so poor and downhearted that I used to cry at night thinking of them and I used to tell Mary when I wrote.

  14. I wouldn't be downhearted if I were you," she said.

  15. I know how many lonely days you've spent, so downhearted that you could scarcely speak or look up from your book, and that only an excuse for fretting.

  16. You must excuse me for being a bit downhearted for the moment.

  17. To return to that September day when I reached the cottage as weary of life and as downhearted about everything as any mortal could well be.

  18. Yes’m, and I feel that downhearted about it, I don’t think I’ll go in for another.

  19. Case 7) once admitted feeling downhearted in response to leading questions, having little significance in the face of her expression, actions and usual denial of worry.

  20. The present attack: About two months before admission the patient began, without appreciable cause, to be sleepless, complained of headaches and appeared downhearted and sad.

  21. It is worth while to be able to tell the stories of such lives as examples to patients who are dispirited and downhearted after a stroke.

  22. Many a downhearted person finds that to take an animal out for a stroll will do much to lift the clouds of depression.

  23. Well, Donald was a shrewd fellow, and, downhearted though he was, began to think if he could get any good out of Daisy's death.

  24. At these words Nora danced for joy, and you would never have been able to guess that she had ever known a downhearted moment.

  25. Well," says Jack, "I have a poor mother who is very downhearted at home, and she sent me to the fair to sell this cow and raise some money and lift her heart.

  26. But when she got over that she got very downhearted and very angry entirely with Jack.

  27. Oh, I've been so lonesome and downhearted this week.

  28. When one got downhearted the other was always ready to do the cheering up.

  29. Finally she became interested herself, and when we left rather downhearted at ten o'clock she had caught the rocking-chair three times and broken the clock.

  30. But he was looking downhearted again and refused.

  31. You know the doctors told you particularly not to get depressed and downhearted while you are recovering your strength.

  32. He was more downhearted than I ever saw him before.

  33. A3; c1] be crestfallen, have a downhearted look.

  34. B1256] have a crestfallen, downhearted look.

  35. So don't you go gittin' any more downhearted than you can help.

  36. Tallow and Binney were pretty discouraged, too, and Mark looked more downhearted than I ever saw him.

  37. That is true," rejoined the valiant captain, but not in a tone of assurance, whilst his men looked downhearted at one another, and enviously at the couple left behind.

  38. Six months before they had been cheerful and gay, confident of the ultimate success of their cause; now they were downhearted and in the lowest of spirits.

  39. In this Republic the burghers had been under the command of the aged General Prinsloo, who now, however, had become so downhearted that the supreme command was taken from him and given to General De Wet.


  40. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "downhearted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bad; blue; chapfallen; dashed; dejected; depressed; desolate; despondent; disappointed; disconsolate; disheartened; dispirited; doleful; down; downcast; downhearted; droop; drooping; droopy; dull; gloomy; heartbroken; heartless; heartsick; heavy; hypochondriac; joyless; languishing; low; melancholy; miserable; moody; mournful; pessimistic; pining; spiritless; subdued; suicidal; sunk; unhappy; woebegone; woeful