Certainly his despair is deepening; he realizes that he faces "a world which, without Paul, [is] meaningless."

The despair of Mr. Marvel's face deepened, and his pace slackened.

BY 1966, her despair over life inside and outside our apartment had deepened.

He was listening for evidence that Emma's despair had deepened.

Harrison's despair deepened, imagining she'd be some quack herbalist who claimed miracle cures for cancer.

I conceived of the notion that I should never get away from here, and oddly enough as my despair deepened, so my usefulness increased.

Butler's despair deepened with almost every daily newspaper story about non-negotiable demands, the unity of the Third World and the talk of bullets.

Alton's despair only deepened when he considered the actual time frame involved.

Her parents had hoped a change of scenery would lighten her mood, but Aimee's despair only deepened on the island.

As the Mass progressed, Father Cronin's despair deepened.