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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-spond or especially for 2, des-pond |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɒnd or especially for 2, ˈdɛs pɒnd |
Définition of despond
- verb despair
- And yet, amidst all my hopes, there are hours when I tremble and despond!
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Be comforted; be not dejected; do not despond, my dearest and best-beloved friend.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Should we fail to have news of his capture in Dauphiny, we need not, nevertheless, despond.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- Besides, I try to look on the best side, and not to despond.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- Suiting the action to the word, he flung his burden into the Slough of Despond.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- You will meet with difficulties, but do not despond; to every cloud, there is a silver lining.
- Extract from : « The Silver Lining » by John Roussel
- A cemetery by the sea, a peak of glory, a slough of despond.
- Extract from : « The Short Life » by Francis Donovan
- All the world was not limited to the Slough of Despond at her feet.
- Extract from : « A Forgotten Hero » by Emily Sarah Holt
- "Do not despond, sir, I undertake to cure you," said a voice behind.
- Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- She had begun to despond of Lilian's recovery, and she infected me with her own alarm.
- Extract from : « A Strange Story, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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