And that’s precisely why it feels important to shine a light on the potential inadvertent influence of this despairing narrative.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/3/3/23590078/depression-treatment-martin-seligman-optimism-upward-spiral

A number of these despairing people committed suicide.

Source: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/can-weimar-america-save-itself/

Cherry-picking some of the worst examples imaginable — the play also features Elle Fanning as Frank’s sententious, sage-smudging fiancée and Graham Campbell as Toni’s drug-dealing son — Jacobs-Jenkins makes a convincing if despairing case.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/theater/appropriate-broadway-review.html

“In recent years, there has been so much work put into keeping our green areas in good health, that it is unsettling and quite despairing when you see things like this happen.

Source: https://wearetyrone.com/news/the-scourge-of-seskinore-forest/

Kemp shifted the ball onto his left on the edge of the area and curled into the bottom left past the despairing dive of Foster.

Source: https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/23734401.report-swindon-town-draw-5-5-wrexham-thriller/?ref=rss

Palestinians, despairing over their thwarted national hopes, wage acts of protest, boycott, sabotage, and violence.

Source: http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2023/02/palestine-1936-forgotten-uprising.html

The language was mainly of a despairing or insulting variety yet still within the bounds of daily discourse (as, sadly, daily discourse has often become).

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2023/11/11/the-answer-to-why-emotionally-worded-prompts-can-goose-generative-ai-into-better-answers-and-how-to-spur-a-decidedly-positive-rise-out-of-ai/

“These women suffered horrible and despairing deaths because of his deplorable, self-regarding behaviour,” the Appeal Court wrote.

Source: https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-court-overturns-hiv-murder-convictions-substitutes-manslaughter-verdicts-1.6224948

Thilo Kehrer guided the ball into the Arsenal area and Bowen was just onside as his volley ricocheted off the turf and skidded past Ramsdale's despairing dive.

Source: https://sports.ndtv.com/football/premier-league-arsenal-blow-lead-again-in-damaging-west-ham-draw-3953659

“You’re the only reason I’m alive,” a despairing Pi says to his friend, midjourney.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/theater/life-of-pi-review.html