And the pity of it, the triviality, the sheer hopelessness of it crushed my soul.

I realised the sheer hopelessness of my lifestyle; I knew I had to change.

But he had died from some inexplicable cause that had left its own mark on him; he reminded her of that woman she had seen earlier, the emaciation, the sheer hopelessness in the features.

It wasn't the physical abuse- if that got too bad, the guards would intervene, even for a skinbeef, and by morning she should be in better shape to defend herself-it was the sheer hopelessness of the situation.

He recalled his terror and sheer hopelessness as the country he'd lived in for eight years lost control and fell apart.

For a moment my brain reeled - - both from sheer hopelessness and from a rapid increase in the omnipresent fishy odour.

And only now, as he saw for himself the sheer hopelessness of defense, did he try to flee.

For a moment he felt he would explode, and then the sheer hopelessness of it overwhelmed him.

Energized by the sheer hopelessness of their plight, the Red Sox played three elimination games with an audacity the Yankees could not match.

And Rainie was left hurting, aching, reeling from the sheer hopelessness of it all.