How to Use disappointing in a Sentence

disappointing

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• After many disappointing seasons, this was the team’s first trip to the second round of the playoffs in a decade.
  — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• But there was disappointing news about a member of the Orioles’ 2019 draft class.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
• Reshuffling the deck so quickly is the last thing the Wildcats want for a group coming off a disappointing 2022.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2023
• Still, with four starters playing, this was a disappointing showing, and one the offense needs to learn from.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• This is one of L.A’.s most disappointing bait-and-switches.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
• Such attacks have been a rare bright spot in a disappointing year for Ukraine with no frontline breakthrough on the ground.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• To run the same program on him — once, twice, three times, or more — will invariably be to yield the same disappointing results.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
• That was, perhaps, the most disappointing aspect of the prime time TV event, watched by 3.3 million people.
  — Roxane Gay, Fortune, 13 May 2023
• The lens features just a few on-barrel controls, which is a bit disappointing.
  — PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
• The 10-8 loss ended UIndy’s season on a disappointing note.
  — Brett Friedlander, The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2023
• The splash pad’s water wouldn’t turn on, disappointing 9-year-old Axel Arias.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
• The Longhorns were coming off a disappointing loss to Oklahoma.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• This will be disappointing to a lot of people in that audience.
  — Vulture, 4 Oct. 2023
• That heightens the risk that purchases could be disappointing or harm you.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
• Whereas a half-dozen bass in midsummer would be disappointing, Caleb and I were excited to put a handful of nice fish in the boat.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Parsons and Lamb also talked about the Cowboys’ disappointing playoff exit and what the team had to do to end their 30-year Super Bowl drought.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Feb. 2024
• The changes follow a disappointing season that began with high hopes.
  — Simone Foxman, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
• Despite his team's disappointing play, Cole is having one of his best seasons with the Yankees.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2023
• The Sox entered the weekend with the third-worst record in the majors at 13-26 after a season deemed by most as the most disappointing in recent memory.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023
• But the new chamber opera’s libretto and some of the stage direction were disappointing.
  — Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2023
• While the ending was disappointing, the season was historic.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
• The disappointing recovery has left pig farmers mostly loss-making for the year, and the pork market in surplus.
  — Time, 23 Aug. 2023
• The Celtics are underachievers, one loss from a disappointing conclusion to the season but with time to change the narrative.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 27 May 2023
• Certain mechanics haven’t evolved from the first game and the graphics are sometimes disappointing.
  — George Yang, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
• And in a repeat of last year’s disappointing showing, there was none of the creativity or vision on display in 2022.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
• Fury of the Gods, received mixed reviews and disappointing box office returns.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2023
• What is disappointing is that Santos did not put his wide-ranging skills at lying to use on a more legally palatable grift.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
• But on June 14, the day the season 1 finale was set to air on cable, Galey delivered some disappointing (and confusing) news to fans about the show.
  — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 21 June 2023
• Perhaps that’s why her Gramercy Park digs are so disappointing.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
• Pittman said the Razorbacks are focused on not letting the disappointing performance against Auburn beat them twice.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 18 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024