disheartening

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God won't let me finish off in this disheartening manner--disheartening, I mean, to my comrades and to those I have to leave with the responsibility of keeping the Banner flying.

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  • They occupied a cell together on the fourth floor, a large cell, but certainly not a hotel room What made their situation particularly disheartening was the fact that they had been stripped, given a shower, and their own clothes had not been returned to them. —  131 - According to the Plan of a One-eyed Mystic
  • Its really disheartening, at the same time I'm glad, like her and I are kind of martyrs for this, do you know, to show police brutality, and this police state that our country's coming to. —  Colorado Independent Media Center
  • It was a little disheartening, as he's got to be aware of his own hype. —  Blog updates
  • Even more disheartening is the fact that Oliphant's distortive cliche is so commonplace. —  Latest Articles
  • The first two are connected in a somewhat disheartening way - disheartening, that is, for compulsive politicians.
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