She sighed deeply and stared around in abject despair.

Mrs. Burns had quit her job and gone through a period of abject despair.

And in his worst moments, he has suffered bouts of abject despair.

Happiness for poor Milton is attained through the acceptance of abject despair.

To see one nude, abject despair, and failure to cope with treachery may follow.

For a while, he stood in front of the mirror, crying, his broad shoulders bent under the terrible weight of abject despair.

The gloaming made the office feel cozier, warmer, safer, a refuge for her abject despair.

Lee Hammerton rushed across the room, an expression of abject despair transforming into one of relief.

The prince heard the voice in his ears, through the haze of his abject despair.

But she is in such a state of abject despair that she refuses all consolation.