How to Use crestfallen in a Sentence

crestfallen

adjective

• Her mother tells her to face the facts, but Cheryl looks crestfallen.
  — Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 14 Dec. 2017
• The result is by no means a must-play game for anyone who is crestfallen with video games.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2018
• Colombia was knocked out and a crestfallen Bacca plunged to the grass in Moscow.
  — Kanishk Tharoor, The Atlantic, 14 July 2018
• The next day, coach Brian Morehouse gave his crestfallen team the option of taking the rest of the season off.
  — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2021
• The one-hander while getting both feet down near the end of the first half gave Seattle a 23-3 lead at crestfallen Atlanta.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 11 Nov. 2013
• No one seems more crestfallen about that than Rudd, who spends the movie trying to light a spark that the filmmaking keeps dousing.
  — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2018
• But Archie is so good with crowds — and looks so crestfallen when he’s left behind — that today the Espes have brought him along.
  — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2021
• Later in the game, Jonah Heim appeared to shuffle back to the dugout, flipping his bat in a crestfallen manner.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 24 July 2021
• Zhao was initially crestfallen, wondering whether the audience would even be able to see the makeshift screen through the soot.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2021
• Grecia Magdaleno, 22, clad in a bright pink Planned Parenthood scarf and pink hat, was crestfallen about being barred from the event.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2017
• The video ends with Cook staring into the camera, looking crestfallen and betrayed.
  — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 4 June 2018
• The felled teammate headed to the exit, looking crestfallen.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• How, during every World Cup since 1966, have the England team managed to leave their whole nation crestfallen?
  — SI.com, 14 June 2018
• Molitor, standing on deck when Manning delivered the hit, was the first one to greet the night's hero, but Brewers fans were crestfallen that Molitor didn't get one last shot to reach 40 games.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2023
• Less shocked than crestfallen, Grace incapacitates the kid with a punch.
  — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2019
• For the Warriors, with their thoughts of a crestfallen opposing coach and perhaps the finish line for an all-time great, the memories of San Antonio will linger.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Apr. 2018
• Bradley saw the Lego set neatly displayed on the family’s dining room table the next morning at breakfast and was crestfallen.
  — Lauryn Azu, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2022
• Egerton passed Murphy’s table, where he was caught looking crestfallen and doing a polite golf-clap.
  — Mara Reinstein, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2020
• There wasn't just missing out on the European title for a crestfallen and weary Gareth Southgate to contemplate.
  — Rob Harris, Star Tribune, 12 July 2021
• The crestfallen yet determined Litchfield community, now at the mercy of guards with revenge on their minds, has been shaken to the core.
  — Candice Frederick, Teen Vogue, 27 July 2018
• The crestfallen boys, confused by what seemed to be an attack on their patriotism, sullenly went back to their meal.
  — Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2013
• Saving the highest peaks for 2021 might leave some hikers feeling crestfallen.
  — Washington Post, 25 June 2020
• Platonic soulmates James and Aaron, who are watching from afar, are crestfallen.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2022
• Brooks buried his head in his hands and was crestfallen on a stool for several minutes after the bout before Oliveira popped over for some encouraging words.
  — Dan Gelston, The Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2017
• Nadal -- bidding to become the first player in the Open Era to win the same major 10 times -- and Carreno Busta hugged before the 14-time grand slam winner applauded his crestfallen friend off court.
  — CNN, 7 June 2017
• His Cleopatra character is all-powerful in ancient Egypt, then, once the song shifts to present, becomes a stripper just as crestfallen as her client.
  — Chris Payne, Billboard, 8 July 2017
• Kohli is undoubtedly crestfallen with the result but there is reason to believe that his team still has a bucket load of self-belief and goodwill.
  — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
• Brian said his kids were glued to the postgame for Milwaukee's game two nights later against Brooklyn — and the boys were crestfallen that even though Giannis told another dad joke, the book wasn't present.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2022
• Things finally paid off in the second minute of stoppage time, with Tom Cleverly blasting one into the top of the net after a bit of a scramble in the box to leave the Arsenal squad crestfallen.
  — SI.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• The men are crestfallen, especially Connor, who knows his number is up.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 3 July 2018

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