adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She ripped open the package but found nothing in it but shoes. She was crestfallen .
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Stafford looked crestfallen when he was told about the layoffs.
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Steve looked crestfallen as he returned from the mailbox empty-handed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Claude seemed crestfallen , and that was hard for me.
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He looked really wretched and crestfallen .
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He looked so crestfallen Preston felt sorry for him.
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He looked so crestfallen that Old Bulldog didn't know what to do for a minute.
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More often than not he came back to his apartment empty-handed and crestfallen .
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The President made a rum effort at greeting her news with enthusiasm, but I could see he was crestfallen .
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Wasswa went off, with a crestfallen look, and I began my examination.