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despaired

Meaning

of Despair

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After Schleicher as well despaired of his efforts to get hold of the situation, Hindenburg accepted his resignation with the words, "Thanks, General, for everything you have done for the Fatherland. Source: Internet

Cartographers had long despaired over publishers' inapt use of the Mercator. Source: Internet

Ellmann (1988:95) Ruskin despaired at the self-validating aestheticism of Pater, arguing that the importance of art lies in its potential for the betterment of society. Source: Internet

Dr. Rachel Easterwood, who works the night shift in the I.C.U., had despaired at how little could be done for some patients. Source: Internet

Hoffmann despaired because of his exile, and drew caricatures of himself drowning in mud alongside ragged villagers. Source: Internet

"O most holy apostle, Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honoureth and invoketh thee universally, as the patron of hopeless cases, and of things almost despaired of. Source: Internet

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