How to Use disillusioned in a Sentence

disillusioned

adjective
  • At first, the disillusioned cop is happy to waste his days away.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Now, the vast fan base is a bit disillusioned with their national team.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 24 Apr. 2019
  • The girl’s father said the outcome of the case has left him disillusioned.
    — Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 11 June 2021
  • One, a disillusioned man of the cloth, is played by Robert Forster.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018
  • Rather than feeling disillusioned, learn how to make a better choice next time.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 10 June 2021
  • Yet, for those disillusioned fans, hope is once again peeking over the horizon.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • But the French soon grew disillusioned with their wonder drug.
    — The Conversation, 13 July 2022
  • With time, though, An grew disillusioned.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Her time on the board has left her disillusioned, Brooks said in an interview.
    — Isaac Yu, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The stakes The disillusioned are not going away.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
  • And even the most disillusioned, above-it-all people feel different when the jokes are on them.
    — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
  • Amy, trusted by all, gives a disillusioned shake of her sad, dispirited head.
    — George Saunders, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The original kids, these rich kids, got disillusioned and began to leave.
    — Bryan Burrough, The Hive, 4 July 2017
  • Glass says her camps provide disillusioned men a better way forward.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Hopefully, any disillusioned fans will make their peace and turn out to say a final goodbye.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • We’ve all been stretched, softened, disillusioned, and re-sensitized over the last few years.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Dec. 2025
  • But researchers have been growing disillusioned with them.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Bruce Willis plays a disillusioned cop willing to look the other way when bad guys get what's coming to them.
    — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • By then, many supporters had become disillusioned and felt the party had sold out.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • By then, Juvelius had fallen ill with malaria and grown disillusioned with the search.
    — Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Thousands tonight in this city are disillusioned, dissatisfied, at the end of their rope.
    — Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Just as its characters have become disillusioned by their choices, so too the player may be.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The hero must team up with a disillusioned detective to track down his old nemesis, who has returned to threaten the city once more.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Claus, at the start of the film, is disillusioned and indignant and suffering from a centuries-long case of burnout.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The work is about a young boy and a disillusioned spirit guide who doesn’t believe humanity is worth saving.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Bryant, the engine technician, feels a bit more disillusioned.
    — Makiya Seminera, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
  • But quickly, Jiang became disillusioned with his new job -- and the purpose of the crackdown.
    — Ivan Watson, CNN, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Cracks had formed in the racist ideology, and Manning felt disillusioned and burned out.
    — Katherine Kam, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
  • The question is how to handle the disillusioned young people that already exist.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Todd Schlopy was on the slopes, teaching kids how to ski race, a placekicker who’d grown disillusioned with football.
    — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 17 Oct. 2017

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