The coaches who came to Louisville sat in the stands and watched that ceaseless activity and despaired.

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The MP for Newport West said he despaired of the government's closed attitude.

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Friends and acquaintances despaired of him, so wantonly did he abuse their generosity.

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They despaired of Iraq's sectarianism and ethnic fragmentation, but those pale in comparison with the tribalism and ethnic complications of Afghanistan.

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Despaired of by Mr Bush, Mr Khatami is in a quandary.

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For many women who have despaired of ever ridding themselves of the lumpy fat deposits known as cellulite, the company's claims about Cellasene, however ill-supported, are persuasive enough.

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When the government allowed Lehman Brothers to collapse, he despaired.

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For economists such as Robert Mundell and others, who saw huge benefits in shared currencies but had despaired of politicians giving up monetary control, the euro is an exciting experiment.

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His mother sometimes despaired he would ever find himself.

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The market square outside Mi Tierra is suddenly alive with noise, colour and the aroma of muscular street food: the city is out in force to celebrate its Hispanic chilli queens, whose saucy banter and impromptu singalongs made every night a street party - until the 1930s, when the civic authorities despaired of their ribaldry and laissez-faire approach to food hygiene.

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