sense of despair
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsenseanddespair
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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despair
noun[U]
uk/dɪˈspeər/us/dɪˈsper/
the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or ...
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(Definition ofsenseanddespairfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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What most of them shared was asenseofdespair.
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The authors recommend that carers should ' let go ' of thesenseofdespairor hopelessness and ' recast ' the person as a potential friend.
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It was in their scenarios that concerns about loneliness, old age and the dislocation of retirement were most prominent, and moreover asenseofdespairwas voiced.
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I would even say that there is even asenseofdespair.
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If development area status is not granted shortly, asenseofdespair, defeat and despondency will become a reality in a proud area.
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Is he also aware that that gives asenseofdespairand hopelessness, which is causing so much unrest at present?
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It is then that thesenseofdespairand hopelessness begins to set in.
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They had an air of permanence, which led to thesenseofdespairand hopelessness.
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Politicians talk about teacher morale, but when one visits schools in one's constituency, one finds asenseofdespair.
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They have had no interview and no direction, and that must inevitably lead to asenseofdespairand of frustration.
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We are going through a time when parents and pupils increasingly feel betrayed and angry and are suffering from asenseofdespair.
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One also realises, in going to these districts, the increasingsenseofdespairthat is coming to the people.
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History and deeply entrenched positions can all too easily bring asenseofdespair, as we have seen so often in the past.
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There are several of those, regrettably, which lead to great misery and frustration, and an increasingsenseofdespairamong our people.
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Thesenseofdespairand hopelessness in the report will make matters worse.
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There is a certain cynicism among the elected members of local authorities and asenseofdespair.
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Its absence is another reason for this debate, as it leads to asenseofdespairamong the people on the mainland as well.
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However, it is causing increasing anxiety and, in some quarters, asenseofdespairand helplessness.
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This can induce in people asenseofdespairas to what can be done.
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You have to experience it to be able to appreciate thesenseofdespairwhich people feel.
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