| For most of the evening, until Dean hit the stage, the crowd rested somewhere between disappointment and dejection. |
| His heart sank and the disappointment and utter dejection he felt was sharp and foreign. |
| Tiredness might have played its part, but the sense of dejection and depression emanating from the studio clouded the whole broadcast. |
| Nat's face was set, his usually warm, soft expression was hard and chilly, his cloudy eyes hinting at sorrow and dejection. |
| And, as I stood there in silent dejection, I thought that the whole experience was so utterly, utterly typical of this Government. |
| His legs gave out from under him and he sank to his knees, his whole form shaking, his shoulders slumped with pure dejection. |
