Action is the antidote to despair.    From LearnThat.org.  [Joan Baez.]

Don't despair--help is on the way!.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

They were rescued from despair at the last minute.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.    From Wordnik.com.  [Middlemarch] Reference

Among the ranks of reformers I have spoken to, a kind of despair is already setting in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference

I may be perplexed, but not in despair, 2 Cor. iv.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference

We left them in despair, giving up themselves for gone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference

She saw me, and her little hands were lifted in despair.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Four Winds of Eirinn] Reference

Those that shall never be forsaken and left in despair may yet for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

And at last in despair she sat down on the edge of her bed and cried.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boys and I: A Child's Story for Children] Reference

What we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pearls of Thought] Reference

In strong minds, despair is an acute disease; the prelude to great exertion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters for Literary Ladies: To Which is Added, An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification] Reference

And as she looked around her, in despair, a good thought came into her mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Princess Ilsée: A Fairy Tale] Reference

I wouldn't use the word despair, it's just a moment of reconsidering tactics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News Alert from Israel - COP/JCPA] Reference

Griffith watched in despair as Smalley's weak grounder hopped out to the mound.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last of the Pure Baseball Men] Reference

We were rejoiced at the sight of land, but I was in despair over our navigation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 4] Reference

The cooks I talked to were almost uniformly in despair over "the other white meat.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Principled Pork] Reference

The latter made one tremendous spurt, then gave up in despair and hauled in his oars.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cruise of the "Dazzler"] Reference

Having spoken with innocent victims of drone strikes, their anger and despair is clear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Rogers: Drone Victims Speak] Reference

At the moment, alas, liberals seem to be in despair, out of gas, and anything but pushy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Glenn C. Altschuler: 'Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion': Requiem For A Heavyweight] Reference

After college, his father, in despair, sent him among the cow-punchers of a Wyoming ranch.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the World was Young] Reference

When they threw down their hands in despair, he showed them how more could be accomplished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter XX] Reference

Kids wail in despair as the tiny boy walks up to collect his prize (a pencil) from Mr. Taylor.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Makes a Great Teacher?] Reference

Another factor contributing to Iraqis 'despair is the state of the economy and basic services.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daniel Wagner: Iraq's Democratic Experiment] Reference

The partners were in despair, though they appeared boisterous and: jovial of speech and action.    From Wordnik.com.  [Too Much Gold] Reference

The prophet anticipates the Jews 'reply; I know you will say in despair, "We are confounded," &c.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

My hand was cramped from holding it, when she gave up in despair at last, and went back to the city.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Window at the White Cat] Reference

Many a time I would have given up in despair, had it not been for the encouragement of my counselor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Further Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference

Silberman recently told me he was in "despair" about the Court.    From Wordnik.com.  [Without Precedent] Reference