crestfallen

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[ US /ˈkɹɛstˌfɔɫən/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈɛstfɔːlən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. brought low in spirit
    left us fatigued and deflated spiritually
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How To Use crestfallen In A Sentence

  • But after a little time they returned, somewhat sobered and crestfallen, and rejoined the others, who had meanwhile gone inside the _kainga_. Adventures in Many Lands
  • The man who is bigger, who can outyell and outstare us, who can hit us without our hitting him, and who can keep us from moving, does originally extort a crestfallen, abashed physique and mind. Human Traits and their Social Significance
  • He looked crestfallen at their decision, but did not argue.
  • He urged his charger on to the midst of the battle plain and the two fell to derring do of cut and thrust, but it was not long before the Frank foined the Moslem with the lance point; and, toppling him from his steed, took him prisoner and led him off crestfallen. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • Mr. Pulikovsky wrote, recalling crestfallen faces on the Siberian hosts at the arrival of the Russian meat dumplings. Total WonKerr
  • But today's ships are often such behemoth megaliners with such effective stabilizers that veteran cruisers are crestfallen to find they no longer are rocked to sleep by the gentle motion of the ocean.
  • `Well, I'll leave you both, then," said Father Gregory and, with a small, crestfallen frown, he left the room. GRACE
  • Her dark eyes held a look so distraught and crestfallen that she didn't even notice the eeriness around her.
  • ‘I don't think that's necessarily true ’, she says, sounding a little crestfallen.
  • Most of his supporters in Ohio had all but admitted defeat yesterday morning, too crestfallen to clutch at legal straws and not surprised by his decision to concede.
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