How to Use dispirit in a Sentence

dispirit

verb
  • And that’s reason enough to have your glass half full amid an albeit dispiriting time to be a fan of this team.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This happened at a time when workers were dispirited over their recent workload in a stormy winter.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • In this dispiriting context, podcasts have grown all the more appealing.
    — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2025
  • If all of that seems dispiriting then a look at the table from last season compared to this year might offer some relief.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • That story is a dispiriting one, abounding in promises from on high, short on concrete results.
    — Andrew J. Bacevich, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
  • All these elements evolved against a dispiriting backdrop.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
  • And, like every attack before it, this act is designed to spread fear, dispirit us, and push us back into the shadows.
    — Abby Monteil, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
  • Losses like that one are dispiriting, to be sure, but the Steelers are the Steelers.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 18 Feb. 2018
  • His job proves exhausting and dispiriting over the years, but his kindly boss comes through with a retirement pension.
    — Sarah Ruden, National Review, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Those deeply engaged with their mosques are dispirited by the loss of physical congregations.
    — Anna Piela, The Conversation, 22 May 2020
  • There will be dramatic highs and dispiriting lows, and little indication when the nodes and crests are coming.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Even so, the cable news industry dialed up a whole day of dispiriting, and often very dumb, wall-to-wall coverage.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
  • Thanksgiving can be delightful or draining, a festive feast or a dispiriting dirge.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Being alone at a romantic resort like Las Ventanas may sound dispiriting to some.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Trump ends the year weak and unpopular, his coalition dispirited and riven by infighting.
    — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
  • There is no question that the study of history and its conflicts, injustices and exclusions can be dispiriting.
    — Annie Polland, Time, 25 Sep. 2025
  • All three are mired in different, dispiriting versions of mid-life crises, and get involved in a kinky kinda sorta love triangle.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Navigating the city’s shelter system alone can be dispiriting and fruitless.
    — Saumya Roy, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Purists and fans were dispirited; this 650 hp engine had its own fan base for its throaty power and engineering marvel.
    — Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Saturday marked 30 days since the winter solstice, the often-dispiriting day when the sun reaches its lowest point in our sky.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Jett, her veteran superstar, is getting old; the other players are dispirited.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The result was a dispiriting 5-1 shellacking at the hands of a deeply mid Seattle Kraken side.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Were Manso and the other sports staffers dispirited by the loss of ABC programming?
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
  • While many artists said they were dispirited by the slow pace of progress, others said they were encouraged by recent efforts to bring attention to the disparities.
    — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • For a team that lost four of its first six games and that had already endured its share of dispiriting injury news, a performance like Pineda’s had a buoyant effect.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2017
  • Philadelphia is coming off a dispiriting loss to the Cowboys that ratcheted up the pressure on the struggling offense.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 26 Nov. 2025
  • After a honeymoon research period, Schlamminger at times found the work dispiriting.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
  • First is that Republicans are simply dispirited after an already grueling year and simply stayed home.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 14 June 2017
  • The outing continued what has become a dispiriting demise for the Wings, with their 3-1 loss leaving them with one point during a six-game winless stretch.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2023
  • But the example of Rajasthan, which passed one of the most comprehensive such laws in 2015, is dispiriting.
    — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017

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