Heat and despair seemed to close over her like the lid of a coffin.

The weariness and despair on the faces in the snow-covered ranks seemed to have been replaced by something else.

Her impassioned, kinetic despair seemed out of character for a browbeaten young nun.

But despair seems to be out of place in this group.

There was the sound of breath, and a visible despair seemed to wrap itself about the creature.

The despair also seemed to become deeper as many came from homes that had lacked stability.

It might prove useful whenever despair seems to overwhelm you.

On some, despair had seemed to be universal.

Yes, I had quite an appetite for such an adventure, and the despair that had carried me down into the Gobi seemed very far away.

"I am never comfortable here; despair seems to hang in the air."