| 1. | Herbert, coming to my bedside when he came in,--for I went straight to bed, dispirited and fatigued,--made the same report. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 2. | Her mind was so much weakened that she still fancied present exertion impossible, and therefore it only dispirited her more. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| 3. | "Thankee, Sir," returned Joe, evidently dispirited by the proposal, "since you are so kind as make chice of coffee, I will not run contrairy to your own opinions. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 4. | October, evening.--They were so tired and worn out and dispirited that there was nothing to be done till they had some rest, so I asked them all to lie down for half an hour whilst I should enter everything up to the moment. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 5. | The others all followed, dispirited and shamefaced, and only much later were they able to regain their former affectation of indifference. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 6. | Old men and dull dispirited young ones who looked at her, after being in her company and talking to her a little while, felt as if they too were becoming, like her, full of life and health. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |