How to Use disappointing in a Sentence

disappointing

adjective
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  • And who would want to spend their precious free time doing the disappointing and downright despairing task of trying on jeans?
    — Cai Cramer, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Either your earnings are disappointing or the price of food and entertaining is too challenging.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Even with the disappointing environment at East, Michael Patterson said his first grade son has grown a lot at the school.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
  • It’s been an expensive and ultimately disappointing fling.
    — Evan Clark, WWD, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The box office profile for the remaining best picture contenders is decidedly more muted, and, in some cases, disappointing.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2023
  • While Dodge's career in Austin was disappointing, his legacy of training quarterbacks in his home state is unmistakable.
    — Schuyler Dixon, Chron, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Negative feedback can come in different ways, such as a disappointing client interaction or someone taking their business to one of your competitors.
    — Adam Tau, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Many Republicans blame Trump for the party's disappointing performance in last year's elections.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2023
  • That criticism mounted last summer amid the party’s disappointing online fundraising performance.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Despite Reese’s efforts on the boards, the Sky fell to a disappointing loss against the Lynx, dropping the team to a 6-11 record on the season.
    — Sam Joseph, CNN, 1 July 2024
  • Because that game was a disappointing 7-5 loss, the mood in the room was a mix of somber and frustrated.
    — The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • After many disappointing seasons, this was the team’s first trip to the second round of the playoffs in a decade.
    — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The crispy potatoes added a little bit of crunch, but not enough to save this safe and disappointing dish.
    — Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
  • These are the most important tests for the MSI Claw, and the results were disappointing.
    — PCMAG, 10 May 2024
  • Michael Bublé looked back on a disappointing moment in his life on Tuesday's episode of The Voice.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2024
  • But there was disappointing news about a member of the Orioles’ 2019 draft class.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
  • Over that span, the Canadian projects out 14th in the field while Ryder is a disappointing 76th in that same time frame.
    — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The cash payments have proved to be deeply disappointing.
    — Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Reshuffling the deck so quickly is the last thing the Wildcats want for a group coming off a disappointing 2022.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Still, with four starters playing, this was a disappointing showing, and one the offense needs to learn from.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • This is one of L.A’.s most disappointing bait-and-switches.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
  • Such attacks have been a rare bright spot in a disappointing year for Ukraine with no frontline breakthrough on the ground.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • If that’s disappointing, help your child process the emotion.
    — Phyllis L. Fagell, CNN, 24 Apr. 2023
  • To run the same program on him — once, twice, three times, or more — will invariably be to yield the same disappointing results.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Even greater after a disappointing sweep at the hands of the lowly Cincinnati Reds earlier in the week.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • That was, perhaps, the most disappointing aspect of the prime time TV event, watched by 3.3 million people.
    — Roxane Gay, Fortune, 13 May 2023
  • The lens features just a few on-barrel controls, which is a bit disappointing.
    — PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
  • So, why did home builder stocks rise this week, despite a slate of disappointing data?
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The 10-8 loss ended UIndy’s season on a disappointing note.
    — Brett Friedlander, The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2023
  • The splash pad’s water wouldn’t turn on, disappointing 9-year-old Axel Arias.
    — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 14 July 2023

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