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  • 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
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  • 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.
  • ‘Most would have been monumentally crestfallen to have queendom stolen away from them,’ he said.
  • He seemed crestfallen when I confirmed that, yes, it would take an awful long time to walk.
  • He sighed and slowly stood from the couch, crestfallen eyes showing defeat.
  • But we must have looked so crestfallen that she smiled and gave us a toffee each.
  • She came home from school quite crestfallen the other day.
  • But in Senegal itself, crestfallen fans trudged through quiet streets in the capital after their team's failure to reach the last four.
  • His first "crestfallen" reaction to the exit poll was to say: "That can't be right. Nick Clegg interview: 'We're not going to do it the way we did in the 80s'
  • The Irishman was under tremendous pressure to get Carlisle's season off to a good start and must have been crestfallen in defeat.
  • ‘Sorry sir, there are no fish items available today’ he said looking crestfallen.
  • However, at his crestfallen expression, her eyes softened.
  • Then he saw Bill, standing amid the dogs, half triumphant, half crestfallen, in one hand a stout club, in the other the tail and part of the body of a sun-cured salmon. The She-Wolf
  • I also believe Johnson was crestfallen about leaving the presidency. The Good Fight
  • He looked crestfallen, so I got off the bench and chased him around in a game of hide-and-seek.
  • On that score, as long as I have him on the line, I feel it's my duty to bust his chops a bit on behalf of crestfallen kids everywhere.
  • As the two lovers watched their most precious treasure, they couldn't help but grow crestfallen.
  • Dominic Grieve, the newly-appointed shadow home secretary, was crestfallen when a corporation hireling mistook him for the Labour MP, Keith Vaz.
  • Sanford isactually a little crestfallen because he can't find a peanut worm, an odd thingin the phylum Sipuncula that would give us an even ten.
  • Everywhere a sullen look, -- everywhere that ineffable aspect of crestfallenness! What Will He Do with It? — Complete
  • BLOOM: _ (Hides the crubeen and trotter behind his back and, crestfallen, feels warm and cold feetmeat) Ja, ich weiss, papachi. Ulysses
  • She must have looked crestfallen at her mistiming, because he said suddenly: `You have walked here? THE GOLDEN LION
  • 'Perhaps it was the way I told it," said my crestfallen colleague. GOODBYE CURATE
  • He was crestfallen when I said I just wanted to borrow the phone, but was kind enough to let me.
  • Grown-up dancing at fourteen... "Jenny, crestfallen, grew quiet, as she did always when Aunt Dulcie scolded her. THE GOLDEN LION
  • When the anchorwoman for the German 4x100 relay drops the baton with a big lead, he is crestfallen.
  • Critics were left to slink away with crestfallen faces, hoping no one would remember their dire predictions.
  • For me personally, this abundance of shoes makes me instantly recall the crestfallen shock Carrie Bradshaw feels when she realizes she has spent $40,000 on shoes and still rents an apartment. Kimberly Brooks: First Person Artist Willie Cole: An Art Installation Carrie Bradshaw would Love
  • Ferran looks simultaneously annoyed and crestfallen. The Sorcerer’s Apprentices
  • He knelt on the mat and raised his arms in the air, crestfallen that he had been so close to a semi-final berth - and yet so far.
  • While the announcement of the results brought cheer to some, many others looked crestfallen.
  • We leave crestfallen, unsure of whether or not we have just stumbled upon the world's most mysterious recording studio.
  • The little man crept crestfallen from the tent, his lingering steps quickened by a threatening gesture on the part of the Chief. Hauff's Fairy Tales, Translated and Adapted
  • The parents were mere bystanders and they were crestfallen, while the kids who actually did battle, the winners and the losers, were already over it. Parents Behaving Badly
  • As the cast took their curtain-calls, I sat crestfallen backstage, erasing my disguise with a make-up wipe.
  • The man naturally looks a bit crestfallen and the secretary, letting down his martinet's mask for the moment, gestures with his head to an elderly gent, sitting nearby in a large leather upholstered chair, his head buried in the Times.
  • A few months later the same glowing face was crestfallen.
  • With little aid and no roof over their head, these crestfallen people are facing the worst nightmare of their lives.
  • I was crestfallen and ended up trying it in the ‘90’s as the aromatherapist but then, after I had tried and succeeded to make perfume to my taste, I finally became … a perfumer. All Things Girl » All Things Girl » Blog Archive » Women in Business: Fabienne Christenson of Possets Perfume
  • Sure, he can put on an accent, look suitably crestfallen and let those tear ducts well up like a true champ, but is he really the third greatest actor in the history of film?
  • I struggle my way back outside and breathe the crisp night air, crestfallen. Down and Delirious in Mexico City
  • When I didn't say anything for a few moments, the lady shuffled her hands together, looking crestfallen.

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