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Six example sentences with crestfallen, each labelled with its topic.
The crestfallen finalist stared at the screen for a long moment before shaking hands and unplugging her controller.
Gaming
The founders came back from the pitch crestfallen, having heard the same polite no from all nine investors.
Startups
We arrived crestfallen at the trailhead, since the pass had closed an hour before and nobody had told us.
Travel
The crestfallen bench watched the buzzer-beater rattle out, then walked to the locker room without a word.
Basketball
The apprentice looked crestfallen when the souffle collapsed seconds before service, after three careful hours of work.
Cooking
She left the audition crestfallen, having cracked on the high note she had nailed every day for a month.
Music
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