How to Use crestfallen in a Sentence

crestfallen

adjective
  • Her mother tells her to face the facts, but Cheryl looks crestfallen.
    — Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 14 Dec. 2017
  • The result is by no means a must-play game for anyone who is crestfallen with video games.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2018
  • Olitzky’s sermon left him crestfallen.
    — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Simien is a part of a vast network of crestfallen creators, but the camaraderie hasn't soothed the sting.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Colombia was knocked out and a crestfallen Bacca plunged to the grass in Moscow.
    — Kanishk Tharoor, The Atlantic, 14 July 2018
  • No one seems more crestfallen about that than Rudd, who spends the movie trying to light a spark that the filmmaking keeps dousing.
    — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2018
  • Despite the fightback, the Swedes, who had one all three previous races, were crestfallen.
    — ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Zhao was initially crestfallen, wondering whether the audience would even be able to see the makeshift screen through the soot.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Less shocked than crestfallen, Grace incapacitates the kid with a punch.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Viewers from home couldn't help but take in Angela's crestfallen reaction.
    — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Egerton passed Murphy’s table, where he was caught looking crestfallen and doing a polite golf-clap.
    — Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Ani, still believing there's a chance for her and Vanya, is crestfallen when she's rejected by the oligarch and his wife.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The crestfallen boys, confused by what seemed to be an attack on their patriotism, sullenly went back to their meal.
    — Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2013
  • The video ends with Cook staring into the camera, looking crestfallen and betrayed.
    — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 4 June 2018
  • The men are crestfallen, especially Connor, who knows his number is up.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 3 July 2018
  • The next day, coach Brian Morehouse gave his crestfallen team the option of taking the rest of the season off.
    — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Platonic soulmates James and Aaron, who are watching from afar, are crestfallen.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Dickens was crestfallen when she was originally written off the show in season 4.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The decision has left students crestfallen.
    — Olivia Palombo, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Saving the highest peaks for 2021 might leave some hikers feeling crestfallen.
    — Washington Post, 25 June 2020
  • Kohli is undoubtedly crestfallen with the result but there is reason to believe that his team still has a bucket load of self-belief and goodwill.
    — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Later in the game, Jonah Heim appeared to shuffle back to the dugout, flipping his bat in a crestfallen manner.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 24 July 2021
  • Johnson sat crestfallen at his locker stall at Ball Arena an hour after arguably his worst game as a Nugget.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This unprecedented triple exodus has left fans crestfallen and angry.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Bradley saw the Lego set neatly displayed on the family’s dining room table the next morning at breakfast and was crestfallen.
    — Lauryn Azu, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2022
  • But two late pick-sixes sealed the Trojans’ loss and stuck with Maiava, who looked crestfallen in the postgame press conference.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Brooks buried his head in his hands and was crestfallen on a stool for several minutes after the bout before Oliveira popped over for some encouraging words.
    — Dan Gelston, The Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2017
  • The three brothers from Miami appeared crestfallen as the guilty verdicts came down, shaking their heads in disbelief.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The one-hander while getting both feet down near the end of the first half gave Seattle a 23-3 lead at crestfallen Atlanta.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 11 Nov. 2013
  • Days later, Linda Hebert died unexpectedly, and her crestfallen son didn’t even look at a playing card for weeks.
    — Ramon Antonio Vargas | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 30 Dec. 2020

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