Which preposition to use with desponding

of Occurrences 4%

For here, seeing the folly of our coming hither, desponding of any happiness in the future, was the speediest way of ending a life that was burdensome to herself and a constant sorrow to us.

with Occurrences 3%

Pris heard the lamentations, and giving up fresh ribbons for herself, pulled her sister out of a slough of despond with two yards of "heavenly tulle.

for Occurrences 3%

We should also, in forming our opinion, take into consideration the person's previous conductwhether he has been low and desponding for some time before, or has ever talked about committing suicide. 2641.

in Occurrences 3%

The pilgrims then, especially Christian, began to despond in their minds, and looked this way and that, but no way could be found by them by which they might escape the river.

into Occurrences 2%

It had raised Amy out of the slough of despond into which she had unwittingly strayed, or been thrust.

from Occurrences 2%

Their mood will be a heaven of exaltation and exhilaration, and then descend into a slough of despond from which they feel themselves inextricable.

over Occurrences 2%

It was then that Jeremiah, sad and desponding over the fate of Jerusalem, which he knew was doomed, committed his precious utterances to writing by the assistance of his friend and companion Baruch.

of Occurrences 1%

To all to whom reading is something more than a refined idleness these questions recur, bringing with them the sense of bewilderment; and a still, small voice within us is for ever crying out for some guide across the Slough of Despond of an illimitable and ever-swelling literature.

about Occurrences 1%

I should ever be able to write a novel, just as I desponded about everything else in my future life.

Which preposition to use with  desponding