"despair" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It's dead, she thought, despair gripping her.
- Fear and despair gripped him.
- Shock and despair gripped him unshakably.
- That would be something to cling to when despair gripped him again, as he had a feeling it almost inevitably would.
- He swam on, but despair of finding the other land, or even of saving his life, now gripped him.
- After an interminable time, he heard the dim and faraway voice intone, "Thirty," and despair gripped him as he wondered,How can I possibly withstand another twenty lashes?
- Yes, death, destruction and despair have tragically gripped the Bay Area.
- On the other hand, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reported "despair has gripped the Republic of Cyprus" following the release of early election results.
- A dark, frenetic despair is gripping the Bosnian Serb enclave.
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