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How to use dejected in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective

Dejected means sad and dispirited. Example: “He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.”

Examples of dejected by meaning

adjectiveSad and dispirited.

  • He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.
  • The team sat dejected in the locker room after their loss.
  • sit dejected and silent

More sentences with dejected

  • The search party returned dejected from the luckless search.From the entry luckless
  • They clicked some pictures outside his sea facing bungalow and left dejected again.2017, Pankaj Upadhyay, Homecoming. From the entry click
  • Meanwhile there are rumors a dejected Takuboku is not dead but now running a burusera (used panties) fetish boutique in Shibuya.2018, John Whittier Treat, The Rise and Fall of Modern Japanese Literature, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 284. From the entry burusera
  • Two mating dogs looked up with dejected piousness.2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 171. From the entry piousness
  • Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp.…. From the entry spoor
  • Watching the way the Pirates cut up the pea patch with their merciless hitting and precision fielding, the New Yorkers grew more dejected.1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, page 170. From the entry pea patch
  • You see the "drainer" become more flushed, and their stance improves, while the "drainee" looks dejected and gray, and their stance moves to protect their gut or solar plexus area.2007, Angelique Silberman, Change the Human Dis-Ease, page 78. From the entry drainee

Meaning of dejected

  1. adjective Sad and dispirited.

Full definition of dejected

Questions about dejected in a sentence

How do you use dejected in a sentence?
Dejected is used as an adjective. For example: “He looked dejected after hearing the bad news.”
What is a short sentence with dejected?
“sit dejected and silent”
What does dejected mean?
Dejected means sad and dispirited.

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