despaired
Past he/she conjugation of despair.

despair

Her arms were covered in burns from cooking on a charcoal stove, and she despaired that she was robbing her six-year-old grandson of his childhood because he was effectively her eyes.
Ses bras étaient couverts de brûlures à force de cuisiner sur un poêle à charbon et elle redoutait de priver son petit-fils de six ans de son enfance parce qu'il était en réalité ses yeux.
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