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Example sentences for "utter despair"

  • La Valliere uttered a loud cry; for the second time her strength forsook her; and moaning in utter despair, she again fell lifeless in her chair.

  • Raoul struck his forehead with his hand in utter despair.

  • I am now alone in utter despair, and crushed to the very earth!

  • I am now alone, in utter despair, and crushed to the very earth.

  • He raised his hands to heaven, as if in utter despair.

  • As if in utter despair, she raised her hands to heaven, calling God, as it were, to witness, and asking for inspiration from on high.

  • For I can no longer deceive myself, Maxime," he concluded with a tone of utter despair.

  • The unhappy woman glanced from one to the other in utter despair.

  • The few incoherent words that he uttered showed his state of utter despair.

  • To these words, which were uttered in a tone of the most bitter reproach, the young man made no reply, but clasped his icily cold hands against his forehead, as though in utter despair.

  • This was a staggering blow, and I own I felt for the moment an utter despair.

  • I glanced at the admiral, sitting erect on the quarter deck, and his pale face was drawn with a look of utter despair.

  • This was the third and the worst mischance that had befallen me since I left Shrewsbury, and no one would blame me overmuch, perhaps, had I given way to utter despair.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    evening reception; fixed salary; good fellowe; great adventure; habitual drunkenness; less extensive; morning light; much cultivated; not yet; public and private life; quiet place; religious sentiment; since otherwise; stood alone; taken care; three drops; utter astonishment; utter darkness; utter despair; utter silence; utter stranger; utterly destroyed; utterly impossible; utterly unable; while before; who had been left