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Meanings of almost despairing in English

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Usage of almost despairing in English
1
Ambrose felt almost despairing as he heard in vain the last name.
The Armourer's Prentices
2
I was almost despairing, I thought that my heart would burst.
King Midas: a Romance
3
He was himself, too, almost despairing as to receiving any help.
Dick Sands, the Boy Captain
4
Bereaved relatives are almost despairing of seeing a truth-recovery process.
The Irish Times
5
But few hours of refreshing slumber visited the eyelids of the almost despairing wife.
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
6
She hated them with an intense, and almost despairing, hatred.
December Love
7
By persistent, almost despairing pantomime, Kate dissuaded her from this.
Laramie Holds the Range
8
On 29th May Camden wrote in almost despairing terms-Therebellion was most formidable and extensive.
William Pitt and the Great War
9
The look upon his face was sad, almost despairing.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil / Its People and Literature, Its Life...
10
Her weariness dragged upon her with almost despairing weight.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
11
She looked up with a quick, almost despairing look.
Sunrise
12
Suddenly the man at the paddle, almost despairing, espied a light, high up, steady, strong.
Castle Nowhere
13
Harry's smile was almost despairing, but he answered quickly.
The Perils of Pauline
14
He was low in health as well as in circumstances, and broken in spirit, almost despairing.
In Darkest England, and the Way Out
15
Hope revived in the heart of his almost despairing wife, and the future looked bright again.
Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend
16
Just then we heard Mother calling from below; her voice sounded high and strange, almost despairing.
I capture the castle
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