1.He returned somewhat despondently to his river again—his faithful, steady-going old river, which never packed up, flitted, or went into winter quarters.
8.Modern students of Latin often wrestle despondently with the language's case system, in which the role a noun plays in a sentence is signalled by alternative endings.
9." I cannot be a 'glass of fashion and a mold of form' like Dandy here, but I'll do my best: only, if I had my choice, I'd much rather go round the streets with an organ and a monkey, " answered Mac despondently.