crestfallen in a sentence
a.
📚 Grade Level: Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12
Definition
Crestfallen means feeling sad, disappointed, or dejected, especially after experiencing a setback or loss.
Sample Sentences
- She felt crestfallen after receiving the rejection letter from her dream university.
- The team was crestfallen when they lost the championship in the final seconds of the game.
- His crestfallen expression told me that he had not expected to fail the exam.
- Despite her best efforts, she was crestfallen when she realized she had let down her friends.
- After the argument, he walked away with a crestfallen demeanor, clearly upset by the confrontation.