become dejected
Frequency: 6.54.1 per million words
Used to describe the process of starting to feel dejected.
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- After the team lost the final match, the players became dejected.
- She became dejected when her proposal was rejected without any feedback.
- It's easy to become dejected in the face of constant setbacks.
- As the search party returned empty-handed, the hopeful villagers were becoming dejected.
- If he doesn't hear back about the job soon, he will become quite dejected.
- By the end of the long, lonely winter, he had become dejected.
- Don't become dejected over a single mistake; learn from it and move on.
- The artist became dejected after receiving harsh reviews on his latest work.
- He quickly became dejected when he realized no one was coming to his party.
- Seeing his crops fail for the third season, the old farmer became utterly dejected.