How to Use disappointing in a Sentence

disappointing

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• The Raptors are one of the more disappointing teams in the NBA past the midway point of the season.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023
• The Phoenix Suns have been arguably the most disappointing team in the league this season.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
• So there were a lot of loose ends that would have been disappointing to finish on.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2022
• Despite Reese’s efforts on the boards, the Sky fell to a disappointing loss against the Lynx, dropping the team to a 6-11 record on the season.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 1 July 2024
• Because that game was a disappointing 7-5 loss, the mood in the room was a mix of somber and frustrated.
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
• 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
• The crispy potatoes added a little bit of crunch, but not enough to save this safe and disappointing dish.
  — Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
• These are the most important tests for the MSI Claw, and the results were disappointing.
  — PCMAG, 10 May 2024
• Michael Bublé looked back on a disappointing moment in his life on Tuesday's episode of The Voice.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
• But there was disappointing news about a member of the Orioles’ 2019 draft class.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
• Over that span, the Canadian projects out 14th in the field while Ryder is a disappointing 76th in that same time frame.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
• The cash payments have proved to be deeply disappointing.
  — Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
• By the end of the season, Mike McCarthy was out as coach and the Packers were facing back-to-back disappointing years.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Not walking off the field with three points at that stage of the game is certainly disappointing.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 30 June 2022
• This is one of L.A’.s most disappointing bait-and-switches.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
• That’s not to say San Diego’s 2023 theater year will be disappointing, dull or safe.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
• 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
• The last two seasons with Rodgers under centers have been disappointing, to say the least.
  — Valentina Martinez, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
• The lack of color printing might be disappointing, but if that’s not needed for your work, that shouldn't be too big of a con.
  — Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2022
• With a disappointing start at the box office, Universal will see how far strong word-of-mouth can take the film in the coming weeks.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 1 Oct. 2022
• If that’s disappointing, help your child process the emotion.
  — Phyllis L. Fagell, CNN, 24 Apr. 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
• The reason why a mid-range chip is disappointing is quite simple.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 30 June 2022
• Searby said the outcome of the election was disappointing for McMullin and team, but the Never Trumpers’ work wasn’t over.
  — Emily Anderson Stern, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
• Even greater after a disappointing sweep at the hands of the lowly Cincinnati Reds earlier in the week.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
• The Pride are coming off a disappointing finish against the K.C. Current last week.
  — Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2022
• Remember last year’s chart tracking all the ways the Padres were far more hardy than in the highly disappointing 2023 season?
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
• There's no difference between him and Dr. Will or Parvati, which is why their actions were very disappointing to me.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025