dispiritedly

But arguing is a lot better than whatever the christ they started out wanting to do to me, and usually, in the course of the debate, I'll either convince at least a few of them that I actually AM invisible and they really CAN'T see me and I really DID just duck into an alley a bit further down the street, and then they'll kind of dispiritedly trail off in that direction but their hearts really aren't in it... or I'll wake myself up, which is, you know, probably the best course of action, all the way around.

Irrational Fear? IRRATIONAL? Rogers 2007

The play ends with Magaret at bingo, holding a marker over her cards and dispiritedly looking for the lucky break that never comes.

Michael Giltz: Theater: Not So "Good People," Fine "Timon," Lovely "Nightingale" and No KO for "Beautiful Burnout" Michael Giltz 2011

But now the brambles drooped dispiritedly, their branches a gnarled mass of stiff, brown twigs.

Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

It shivered in the chill morning wind, and grinned dispiritedly when the man spoke to it in a voice that achieved no more than a hoarse whisper.

LOVE OF LIFE 2010

I walked the length of George Street the other day, looking dispiritedly into the smart shop windows.

Jean's Knitting Jean 2009

But now the brambles drooped dispiritedly, their branches a gnarled mass of stiff, brown twigs.

Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

But now the brambles drooped dispiritedly, their branches a gnarled mass of stiff, brown twigs.

Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

The play ends with Magaret at bingo, holding a marker over her cards and dispiritedly looking for the lucky break that never comes.

Michael Giltz: Theater: Not So "Good People," Fine "Timon," Lovely "Nightingale" and No KO for "Beautiful Burnout" Michael Giltz 2011

But then, realizing that even the great Mr. Stern might have met his match when it came to newspaper boxes, Ms. Hirsch wondered dispiritedly, "Am I exaggerating his influence?"

Much Ado About Boxes Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

But now the brambles drooped dispiritedly, their branches a gnarled mass of stiff, brown twigs.

Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011