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Meanings of dull despair in English

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Usage of dull despair in English
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He'd had this feeling before, beyond the numbness and the dull despair.
The road
2
But whichever way the prognosis pointed, she felt only a dull despair.
The Fruit of the Tree
3
You must remember that the one feeling of the slave is dull despair.
A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes
4
So dismal was the prospect that the men sank into a dull despair.
Through Three Campaigns: A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti
5
And my thoughts reverted into the old channels of dull despair.
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
6
Though the girl's resolution held firm, a dull despair filled her.
Blue Aloes: Stories of South Africa
7
Whence came that dark and dull despair that weighed upon me?
Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life
8
Saturday now, and Mary came down to breakfast in a state of dull despair.
A Pair of Clogs
9
This is the land the poets sing about, the land where dull despair is king.
We of the Never-Never
10
Sad, dull despair has taken possession of the hearts of our best men and women.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1 /...
11
The remorse which had embittered her married life was deadened now to a dull despair.
No Name
12
The pain was gone; only dull despair remained.
"Unto Caesar"
13
But the dull despair of the previous day had now been succeeded by a fierce rage.
For the Temple: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
14
Edward listened to these remarks in dull despair.
Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, Old Ser...
15
A dull despair had now seized the population.
When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great ...
16
The fearsome hour of midnight passed, then the gray dawn, the hour of dull despair, was near.
Monarch, the Big Bear of Tallac
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