His first "crestfallen" reaction to the exit poll was to say: "That can't be right.". From Wordnik.com. [Nick Clegg interview: 'We're not going to do it the way we did in the 80s'] Reference
Tom followed along slowly, considerably crestfallen. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
"All right," Lynch said at last, looking crestfallen. From Wordnik.com. [Out Like a Light] Reference
The boys on the yacht were evidently much crestfallen. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
Everton left the pitch crestfallen and well they might. From Wordnik.com. [Luke Young's strike enough for Aston Villa against unlucky Everton] Reference
He had come up with me, and looked humbled and crestfallen. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
She looked crestfallen, and I wished I hadn't said anything. From Wordnik.com. [Where In The World Is Jesse Ventura?] Reference
I look at him, sitting there crestfallen. From Wordnik.com. [tell days] Reference
The crestfallen Thomas reluctantly turned around and accompanied. From Wordnik.com. [Hepsey Burke] Reference
"I understand, Monsieur le Prince," I answered, much crestfallen. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
It was a very crestfallen detective that presented himself at the. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
The man is crestfallen, and I'm not talking about the toothpaste. From Wordnik.com. [Quixote Bronson, Savior of Neglected Suburban Housewives] Reference
"It is in my trunk, Nellie," replied Madge in a crestfallen manner. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
Susie looked at her crestfallen companions, and they looked at her. From Wordnik.com. [Tabitha's Vacation] Reference
Exactly how crestfallen the pair was it would be impossible to describe. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
I exclaimed, somewhat crestfallen at his "snub", "I didn't think of that.". From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
But I was a little crestfallen on the present occasion -- I will say that. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
Lame, bruised, and crestfallen, we walked the remainder of the way into Denver. From Wordnik.com. [Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events] Reference
But firmly and decisively I declined the honour, and he left quite crestfallen. From Wordnik.com. [Through Finland in Carts] Reference
'I don't quite think I know what you mean,' Paul answered, horribly crestfallen. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
He looked crestfallen for a moment: then his thorough coxcombry resumed its sway. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Then, seeing the crestfallen look of the boy, he said, half-scornfully, 'Troughs!. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
What the crestfallen Miriam kept wondering was: "Wherever did she learn to do it?". From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
Alfred was so crestfallen and ashamed that he could not bear to speak his own name. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
The chevalier looked immediately crestfallen, and turned to consult with his comrades. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
Giovanni was crestfallen; he had had enough of it, and did not bluster, as we expected. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
Williams had occasion to come again to the house, feeling, no doubt, rather crestfallen. From Wordnik.com. [Plantation Sketches] Reference
A crestfallen and weary company of avengers, they had at last made harbor at Wayland Hall. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
Escorted by the crestfallen Michael, he left, returning to the station for money and watch. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Tom Gray looked immensely relieved, Grace thought, in spite of his crestfallen, hangdog air. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
The crestfallen plotters were taken to the train and locked up in one end of the express car. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference
He retires crestfallen, while Louise and Gilfen gaily wave their hands to the departing friend. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
"Let me get up; untie the rope," wailed the unhappy Vivian, now utterly crestfallen and abject. From Wordnik.com. [Amos Huntingdon] Reference
So, somewhat crestfallen, I walked out and took a stroll, and was gone perhaps a couple of hours. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
Where others would have retired crestfallen, the Honourable John held his head high and heeded not. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Many Lands] Reference
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