"It shouldn't have been there," he thought despairingly, and time seemed to be suspended.

Perhaps he was right to go, she thought despairingly.

"I can't go on so much longer," she thought despairingly.

No one's going to find me now, he thought despairingly.

"I shouldn't have let him make me look back," she thought despairingly.

Better to die aboard the Hope than here, he thought despairingly.

The sound of that bell seemed to go right through his head- I can't hold on much longer, he thought despairingly.

What a crazy group he'd run across in the last two days, he thought despairingly.

Alt I need, she thought despairingly, and let her eyes close.

I really must try to learn the language, she thought despairingly.