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Dismay
"Dismay" in a Sentence (17 examples)
To my dismay, my wallet was gone.
One morning at breakfast we children were informed to our utter dismay that we could no longer be permitted to run absolutely wild.
To my dismay, he was caught cheating in the examination.
To my dismay, I found I had lost my money.
The astronaut lost his grip on the wrench and all he could do was watch in dismay as it floated serenely away.
Adele watched her friend with dismay. Large tears flooded her face, she could not suppress this scream of anguish and pity: "Oh! Mary! poor Mary!".
Much to his dismay, Dan missed the countdown for the New Year in Paris.
Much to my dismay, Mary came to the party wearing a prurient dress.
Tom gave a cry of dismay.
Tom shook his head in dismay.
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Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
Do not dismay yourself for this.
Dismay not, princes, at this accident,
He looked in dismay at the destruction of the town caused by the hurricane.
Come on: in this there can be no dismay; My ships come home a month before the day.
US reputational damage is not confined to Europe. There was dismay among the G7 countries that a joint statement on tackling the pandemic could not be agreed because Trump insisted on calling it the “Wuhan virus” – his crude way of pinning sole blame on China.
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