All The Best Efforts
One ear twitched by itself, as lacey lifted his despondent head up just as the human boss dropped a large pile of paperwork on lacey's desk and looked down at the deer before him. "you feeling alright lacey?" come the low voice of the man beside him.
Against All Odds: Part 9 - Delays
"oh, hey," nathan said softly as alexei's muzzle dipped despondently. "i'm just playing. sorry." that won a happier expression from the big wolf. "it is okay." "you know." he scratched at his chin thoughtfully.
The Four Forces: Prologue
Alvur was despondent and it seemed that he could fail at any time but he gathered his remaining strength and asked: "will my only son, my only heir, survive?"
Zippy Zipperdale--Moderately Mad Scientist: The 2nd Experiment
Out of all of them, tiffany looked the worst; a huge bruise adorned her forehead where rina had hit her with the noggin bopper, and she looked depressed and despondent.
Skinwalkers: Distant Thunder, Chapter Twenty One
Clueless, feeling unusually spiteful after their little “talk” at the creek, would glance back every few minutes and smile at the look on her face, which was somewhere between pure seething hatred, and despondent self-loathing.
Fear and Desire - Part 2: Now or Never
The despondent fox took a small sip of his drink, but it did little to comfort him. "fuck my life," he whimpered quietly as a single tear rolled down his cheek.
The Family Dive Story
Anton replied, his little ears folded back despondently. "then let your father show you how it is done." he stood up and went to examine the crystals.
Ocean Depths part 21
Before it was all just a way to numb the dull emptiness he had inside, with carlson there wasn't any of that despondency he had felt when he ended up alone or even with someone he had before.
An Unknown Under Tale - Prologue
The flower looked at him despondently. "no one can get to the surface from down here," the flower finally answered, "unless you possess the power of a human soul."
In the World After: Chapter 2
They were so despondent; their big eyes sunken back into their head, their gray flaking skin stretched tight like a canvas over the thin frame of their bones, and their gate was so slow and limping at times. today there was a young boy.
Spiritual Connection
We stood unmoving, heads on a swivel, when an echoing wail, an eerily human-like cry that was equal parts despondent and wrathful, cut though the howling winds, through our cores, and in the tempest we saw a pair of glowing yellow eyes glaring.
Worlds Apart - Chapter Thirty-One
Through his fingers, dan could hear an insultingly mild sproing, which was followed by a metal ball rolling out of the barrel and dropping to the mossy ground with a despondent \*thump\*. bo stared daggers at his husband. "stop laughing."