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Meanings of seized with despair in English

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Usage of seized with despair in English
1
At last, seized with despair, they fled precipitately.
Mexico and Its Religion / With Incidents of Travel in That Count...
2
Once they lost the trail and were seized with despair, but, searching anxiously, they found it again.
The Intriguers
3
That made such a breach in our provisions, that the boldest hearts began to be seized with despair.
The Yankee Tea-party; Or, Boston in 1773
4
At last, seized with despair, the enemy fled precipitately, and were pursued by the Griquas for about eight miles.
Robert Moffat / The Missionary Hero of Kuruman
5
The Cholulans tore down some of the stones, and when the expected miracle did not take place, were seized with despair.
By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
6
When the Moors beheld their prophet slain and his banner in the dust, they were seized with despair and fled in confusion to the city.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Anto...
7
Towards the middle of January, seized with despair, he abandoned his picture and turned it against the wall, swearing that he would not finish it.
His Masterpiece
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