How To Use Disappoint In A Sentence
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He did not seem overcome with pleasure at the idea of Philippa's visit, and she felt a little disappointed, but she had been interested in his talk; and as she went back to the house with Miss Mervyn, her mind was so full of it, that she felt obliged to tell her all about Tuvvy and Dennis, and her own plans for Becky's benefit.
Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes
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IHSB: The way to describe the first pro season for the most oddly named man alive (Allen Lorenz Pollock = A.J. Pollock?) is solid but unspectacular, which is disappointing given that the organization expected him to rip through Mid-A South Bend given that Midwest League Competition wasn't foreign to Pollock, given that Notre Dame plays an exhibition game against the SilverHawks at the beginning of each season.
AZ Snakepit
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I leaned a minute against a Corinthian column; I lamented that no pontiff arrived with victims and aruspices, of whom I might inquire, what, in the name of birds and garbage, put me so terribly out of humour! for you must know I was very near being disappointed, and began to think Piranesi and Paolo Panini had been a great deal too colossal in their view of this venerable structure.
Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents
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Now that Gonzalez has rejected the Yankees, perhaps he can concentrate on turning a disappointing season into another banner year.
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We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. Jim Rohn
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At every turn I met with disappointment.
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Whether these positive initiatives will be enough to overcome disappointment on the limited over-all budget reduction will depend on the extent to which the investor is willing to look beyond near-term sluggishness in North American growth.
Budget '85 Special Meeting of The Empire Club of Canada
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I was too much at risk from the smoulder of his irritability, sudden blazes of rage, to see his deep disappointment with life.
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He came 20th, causing him great disappointment as his objective was no less than outright victory.
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CJ is certainly more watchable than any of the prequels, but it's a terrible disappointment.
The goofiest scene in all the Star Wars movies
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He left with few regrets, happy that his game on clay had never been better, although disappointed that, yet again, his best was not good enough to beat a slightly underdone Nadal.
Rafael Nadal boxed clever to beat Roger Federer in French Open | Kevin Mitchell
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While deposits continue to disappoint, more such episodes are as inevitable as the ebb and flow of the tide.
Times, Sunday Times
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And so it is quite disappointing that this volume was very poorly edited.
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Those with a hearty appetite for the whiz of bullets, the bang of artillery, dying declarations, famous last words, and eyewitness accounts of the face of battle will not be disappointed.
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The news orgs, by contrast, are doing this out of laziness and a hopeless addiction to portraying lefties as a kind of perennially-disappointed lost tribe who will never, ever find their way out of the wilderness.
News Orgs: The Left Is Upset With Obama -- Even Though It Isn't
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Wanderers want to forget the Villa disappointment and go into the Fulham game in good heart.
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I was disappointed to see very few (if any) contributions to the patients' issue from doctors who currently face patients in an emergency, at unsocial hours, in dismal surroundings.
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Certainly, this apathetic behaviour can be explained in part by disappointment with a government that many feel has not lived up to its rousing promises of four years ago.
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The disappointing profits are due to unfavourable currency translations.
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There are no reserved seats, so it is a case of first come first served and everyone is advised to come early to avoid disappointment.
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Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. George Carlin
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This is a highly recommended collection from a highly regarded intellect and one that will not disappoint.
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It is disappointing there has been no joined-up thinking.
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"I would have expected more of a fight from Adakran's boy, " the man sighed with disappointment.
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We were helping the umpires by two of the batsmen walking off (without being given out) which was disappointing as well.
Times, Sunday Times
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Moroni queried, scowling with disappointment, feeling his excitement recede.
FINAL RESORT
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It was the passionate, slightly muddled rancour of a disappointed man.
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If you're expecting Dad to let you borrow his car, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
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Last season Marsh pulled off a string of penalty saves and he did not disappoint this time, brilliantly palming away Nick Fisher's spot kick.
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I went to his talk with great interest, but to my disappointment, nothing very new came forth.
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On the downside, Barclays fell 3.8% as investors mulled the significance of Goldman's earnings disappointment.
U.S. Earnings, ASML Sour Mood in Europe
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Family campaigners said they were disappointed that the public thought cohabiting and marriage were the same.
Times, Sunday Times
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In fact, it is easy to run out of superlatives for a gig as good as this and I defy anyone to emerge disappointed by what they have seen and heard - these guys are in danger of setting themselves some impossibly high standards.
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He did not disappoint us - the spectacular display of fire and colour, reflected in the harbour, was absolutely beyond words.
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Record ￡9.5million striker Juan Pablo Angel only arrived after Christmas and has been a massive disappointment.
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It focuses on short-term dislocations and uncontrollable cyclical changes, producing constant disappointment and encouraging inappropriate transactional responses.
American Chronicle
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He found it difficult to hide his disappointment when she didn't arrive.
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Nor does she disappoint with her capsule review of La Broche, the Michelin two-star in Madrid.
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Two firemen in new white asbestos suits had spent thirty minutes wearing looks of bleak disappointment.
Bomber
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I'm very disappointed that he let that happen in the football game.
Times, Sunday Times
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We'reall disappointed that Daimler, the main corporate sponsor of the Summer Concert Festival in Washington Park for the past four years, isnot ableto support the performances again for 2009.
Grim news from Grimwad (Jack Bog's Blog)
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As the show drew to a close (after a disappointingly short 60 minutes) I was left wanting slightly more.
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Angeline had been the fulfillment of her dreams, and Gretchen her first disappointment.
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He is obviously bitterly disappointed.
Times, Sunday Times
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He also expressed his disappointment at the lack of support from his colleagues in academic circles.
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When my pudding arrived I was at first disappointed to see that the custard was just a decorative swirl.
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To their disappointment, the vote of confidence was not given whereupon they resigned from their posts and left the meeting.
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Veterans are disappointed if not a little angered by the dither and delay which means the collection is now going 100 miles away.
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Grant us a sense of confidence and certitude that challenges all doubt and disappointment.
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We went for the taster menu and were not disappointed, really superb food.
Times, Sunday Times
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Listening to these angry mobs is very disappointing especially from our seniors.
Town hall meeting on health care turns ugly
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Perhaps to the disappointment of the L.A Galaxy star's legion of female fans, the 36-year-old did not arrive wearing just a pair of briefs - but covered up in a casual combination of stonewash jeans and chunky, cream cardigan.
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He claimed his goal was "tinged with a bit of disappointment" and rued the fact that United had only partly exploited their opportunity.
Manchester United worried by Wayne Rooney injury after draw at Bolton
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We are all subject to the pain of loss, grief, sadness and even plain disappointment.
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It was a big disappointment because we'd been psyching ourselves up for it.
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This thrust reflected his deepening disappointment with Western civilization.
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She experienced a sharp pang of disappointment.
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Last year, Time's In Style magazine scrapped Your Look, a quarterly fashion title geared toward readers in their late teens, after two disappointing issues.
US Weekly to Launch a Quarterly Spinoff
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An England international, the Hull-born Liverpudlian, who began his career as an exciting youngster at Tottenham, then saw his Liverpool career peter out disappointingly.
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Judging from all the telephone calls and emails flying around right now among intelligence veterans, the mood is one of disappointment and genuine concern.
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Still, despite these many disappointments, Nice does look like producing some modest steps forward in joint policy and decision-making.
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The day he sunbathed naked outside the kitchen window, I swear there was printing on the window that read "Objects may appear disappointingly smaller in direct sunlight.
Denise Vivaldo: Cut Your Turkey
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For two days after the Sooners got eliminated from the NCAA tournament on the brink of the Final Four, Griffin was too disappointed to think about the NBA.
Oklahoma's Griffin leads group of players entering NBA draft
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She had an ideal of fatherhood, had gentle, silent, useless Lydia -- formed upon the genial, sunshiny type of parent popular in books, and she cast a romantic veil over disappointed, selfish, crossgrained Malcolm
Martie, the Unconquered
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The dog trapped poorly, ran disappointingly, and when I met Marlyn with the dog at the trackside, I immediately noticed he was over duly distressed.
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One early morning at an elementary school bus stop, I gaily waved at the visible faces of our future leaders and innovators, children whose dreams and innocence were yet unscathed by disappointment or grim reality.
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It seems that the theme emanating from the White House is "Eat, Pray, Be Disappointed.
Paul Krassner: My Letter to Obama
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Having asked only a handful of the questions I had planned, I felt disappointed, unsatisfied and unfulfilled.
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It did not disappoint me, a scrutinous Watchmen fanboy.
Top 10 Films of 2009 « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more
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Investors do not look to water companies for short-term thrills, and the sector does not disappoint.
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It took an effort to conceal her disappointment.
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Disappointment means that things haven't worked out the way you wanted! And now what to do? Very simple: Stand up and walk! Cut the tragedy because our limited time must always be used for the forward movements! Mehmet Murat ildan
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The Secretary of State mentioned in his statement the disappointment that others might feel.
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Marie was disappointed that Ben had chosen to side with the management.
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Losing the match was a bitter disappointment for the team.
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But Gordon Brown will have been disappointed by Clegg's comments as they appearsto scupper any chance of a Lib-Lab pact that would keep him in Downing Street.
Epolitix News
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Personally, I'm feeling as dejected, disappointed and scared as I am angry.
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Villa Kennan, with a pang of disappointment at such rebuff, forwent her overtures for the moment, and listened to what tale Jacob Henderson could tell of his dog.
CHAPTER XXXIV
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For now there are just the vestiges of the past—triumphs and disappointments alike—and the brightness of things to come.
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He was not thinking of the girl beside him; only something seemed to swell and grow and swell within his heart; it was all the torture of his days, weary hopes and weary disappointment, scorn rankling and throbbing, and the thought "I had rather call the devils my brothers and live with them in hell.
The Hill of Dreams
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WHISTLER In his fourth Olympics, U.S. biathlon veteran Jay Hakkinen was determined not to let his team go out meekly from a disappointing Games.
After disappointing Olympics, U.S. biathletes look forward
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It was the passionate, slightly muddled rancour of a disappointed man.
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The disappointment of being ignored by both Gauss and Cauchy hit Abel hard.
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Meanwhile , I've never heard such universal frustration and disappointment with Bryant permeating the Laker organization.
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That is typical of Bent, uncrushed by disappointment, enthusiastic even in adversity, and not at all ready to give up on his England dream.
Darren Bent: Missing out on World Cup squad hurt like hell
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We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. Jim Rohn
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Lyttelton "could have cried with chagrin and disappointment '.
THE GUARDSMEN
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His admission that he was ‘disappointed’ was a diplomatic understatement.
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At first Jack Mulcahey had been a disappointment to the villagers.
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Disappointed, Magellan led the fleet south again -- further south than any previous explorer had been.
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But economists hoping for big cuts to forecast borrowing in future may be disappointed.
Times, Sunday Times
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It was thrilling to be a part of it, then disappointing to be left out.
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It is disappointing when heroes let you down.
Times, Sunday Times
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To Madame Hanska he revealed more the cankering disappointment, just as he had a twelvemonth previously, after the mishap of the School for Husbands and
Balzac
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The accompanying vegetables, peas, carrots and broccoli disappointed a little because they seemed to be overcooked.
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Negative feelings are engendered when patients try to get effective treatment - only to be disappointed.
Times, Sunday Times
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He didn't know I'd detoxed myself already and I wanted to make his disappointment at that discovery all the more palpable.
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True love did not conquer all yesterday, to the disappointment of more than one old romantic.
Times, Sunday Times
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Fans were disappointed by his no-show at the festival.
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But one of my biggest disappointments is that I rarely find occasions to share my love of metal with my indie rock friends.
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He was 32, at his peak as a cricketer, but life then brought him a series of disappointments.
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Better, then, not to invest much in hope in order to avoid the inevitable disappointment.
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To all appearances he is an alpha-male professional in a bespoke suit, but the hang of his shoulders speaks of a disappointed man.
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This news has come as a disappointment to local business leaders.
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Then over the past year a succession of disappointing results from companies have created a cascade effect.
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The result was great consolation after a disappointing non-finish in the first race earlier in the day.
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Cowperwood, disappointed by the outcome of his various ingratiatory efforts, decided to fall back on his old reliable method of bribery.
The Titan
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Sorry to disappoint you, but I never got to see Fergie's polo mallets.
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I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey. Mark Twain
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Record ￡9.5million striker Juan Pablo Angel only arrived after Christmas and has been a massive disappointment.
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To your bitter disappointment your request to go to a meeting in another town is turned down. 7.
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Those days when we were together appear in my mind time after time, because they were so joyful, happy, blest, disappointing, sad and painful. I miss you ,and miss you so much. Do you know there is someone thinking of you and caring you all the time ? Your smiling eyes are just like the sparkling stars hanging on the curtain of my heart.
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I'm disappointed Newsweek decided to dox them.
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Those days when we were together appear in my mind time after time, because they were so joyful, happy, blest, disappointing, sad and painful.
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But we hear budget constraints and disappointing viewing figures have been blamed for the decision not to recommission the series.
The Sun
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My disappointment with Christian rock has always been its lack of extremity, of the aching sorrow or joy, the celebration or desperation that fuels the best rock and traditional black gospel music.
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She did not want to disappoint him and wished that she hadn't stepped forward.
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If Lee falls, it will be a personal disappointment for a talented and dedicated lawyer.
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He does not cheat or disappoint.
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When I found out it was folksonomy I was a little disappointed, to be honest.
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But he refuses to carp on about his disappointment.
The Sun
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The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
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For all its faults, Elephants on the Edge deals with a fascinating and little-understood subject, which makes it doubly disappointing to find it so devoid of facts and overstuffed with opinion.
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I am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection.
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After a further reconnaissance the ice ahead proved quite unnegotiable, so at 8.30 p.m. last night, to the intense disappointment of all, instead of forging ahead, we had to retire half a mile so as to get on a stronger floe, and by 10 p.m.
South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917
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When I left the girls they disappointingly still seemed to be getting on well, happily sitting on the kerbside by the gutter.
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The defining images of the tournament so far have been ones of American disappointment, frustration and sheer perplexity at the force of their rivals.
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The disappointment will stem from the fact that a single viewing is not enough to leave a vivid memory of a single line of quotable dialogue or a scene that has real emotional impact.
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Not getting the job was a terrible disappointment.
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Love you, think of you, love you secretly, eagerly love you, wait, feel disappointed, try hard, lose, and feel sad, go apart, and recall.
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If we had delayed, the Danish fleet would soon have been in the hands of the enemy; hence his maledictions against what he termed our "aggressions:" we had anticipated him, and he was mortified with the bitter disappointment he thereby sustained.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria
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The bull grew fat on his salary and expense account, but his performance was disappointing to say the least.
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So what about the lowlights and most disappointing performances?
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Although her leaving was not untinged by disappointment, we felt we had failed her in some way.
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How disappointed all of you human baktags will be when you find out He is just an Irish/German honky from the Midwest USA.
R-RATED WALK HARD TRAILER
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Those days when we were together appear in my mind time after time, because they were so joyful, happy, blest, disappointing, sad and painful. I miss you ,and miss you so much. Do you know there is someone thinking of you and caring you all the time ? Your smiling eyes are just like the sparkling stars hanging on the curtain of my heart.
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I'm always disappointed when I see our governors, our supposed masters, gallivanting about with the rich of the world.
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The reality is often a disappointment that can not be discussed.
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The disappointed losers crawled home to lick their wounds.
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Defending champion Justin Rose made a disappointing start as he finished on one over par.
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We did a lot to try and support him and all of us - personally and professionally - are disappointed it didn't work out.
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The chip maker said it expects to report disappointing results for its fiscal third quarter ending Dec. 31.
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One place where small wine shops can disappoint is on price.
When small wine shops are great–and when they disappoint | Dr Vino's wine blog
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When I did my summing-up of 2003, I was terribly disappointed to find that I'd only read 37 books last year, and I was determined that I'd get through 50 this year.
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I'm disappointed in your work;it has fallen below your usual standard.
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It was what the poets mean by an 'inspissated' gloom; it thickened day by day, as hope and self-confidence evaporated in thin clouds of disappointment.
Father and Son: a study of two temperaments
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Cricket fans will be disappointed to see cricket admissions also excluded from the list, although footballs and dumb-bells make an entrance.
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Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. Ambrose Bierce
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The report is backed up by disappointing rankings in the world's top 500 universities.
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Stephen Garnett, editor of This England magazine, said: "We're incredibly disappointed that English people are afraid of displaying the St George's Cross on our patron saint's day.
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Except, of course, for the bitter disappointment of his day lilies.
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I think it'll be of interest to the many of us who have suffered crushing disappointment by the poor performance of their toasters.
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Voicing various concerns, including claims that Capital was "overpaying" for the shopping centre and transferring control to Peel "while failing to extract a premium for it", the US group's chief executive, David Simon, said the company was "disappointed by the profound value destruction proposed to be inflicted on CSC and its shareholders".
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I couldn't hide the disappointment in my voice as I felt like crying.
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Will only lead to massive disappointment back at the hotel room.
The Sun
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Investors were unnerved yesterday by disappointing interim results from Polar Capital.
Times, Sunday Times
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Brooke could hear Walker's disappointed sigh, but she just couldn't do it.
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I had the feeling I was disappointing him, and it filled me with a dull continuous inner chest pain.
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But apart from the tapas bar on the top floor, this was a disappointment - unless you have a penchant for overpriced, mumsy clothes and twee ornaments, don't bother including it on your itinerary.
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British showjumping team manager Rob Hoekstra said: It's disappointing but understandable to lose horses in this way.
Great Britain showjumping team loses third horse for London Olympics
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Bookstore skimmers will, however, be disappointed to discover that the dirty parts aren't that dirty.
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Stephen Garnett, editor of This England magazine, said: "We're incredibly disappointed that English people are afraid of displaying the St George's Cross on our patron saint's day.
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They still resent the deep disappointment that has followed attempts to imitate the West.
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This local derby clash drew a fair-sized crowd and they weren't disappointed as both sides went all-out for the win.
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Oh the crushing disappointment of the reality of the Clio – parked outside Asda, two-day-old bird shite crusting on the windscreen.
The Hard Sell: Renault Clio
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There is, needless to say, some bitterness and disappointment that no system emerged after considerable expenditure.
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Regrettably, neither these nor any other conflicts emerge with any conviction from 7:84's dull and disappointing production.
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For example, a two-star rating is ‘Disappointing’, three stars is ‘Solid and enjoyable’, and four stars is ‘Recommended’.
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Disappointment flooded through her, curbed only slightly by perplexity.
PASSION AND ILLUSION
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Book early for the show to avoid disappointment.
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Most final bows end in disappointment.
Times, Sunday Times
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It was an unsavoury situation for us and I am very disappointed in it.
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That the sequels continue after the critically disappointing Ocean's Twelve, only proves that these ganefs will try to get away with this theft as long as they can bring in the shekels.
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As a photographer, he'd found both locations just a trifle disappointing.
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Still, most human rights lawyers read the majority opinion as a major disappointment.
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His word was his bond, rarely was anyone disappointed.
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Sergeant Troy , being entirely innocent of the practice of expectation, was never disappointed.
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The Brookes keeper performs an acrobatic save to keep Oxford off the score sheet in what was a disappointing game for the home team
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I was disappointed with his performance.
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This was disappointing for those of us who relish a good book-world punch-up; but fortunately, it has been all over the press that Sir Vidia promptly recruited some new enemies.
An Irish Lesson in Hope and Marketing
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The response to our advertisement has been somewhat disappointing.
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Disappointment was writ large on the face of the loser.
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Carl Jolly met us outside, disappointed, he was still undiscouraged which is amazing when you consider the additional odds he is up against.
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The men in green will be disappointed with their performance as their smooth first half petered out in the second.
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The magnificence of royal palaces, no matter how richly appointed, cannot take away the disappointment of a bad performance.
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among the clouds in the water, disappointed this fish is sent.
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Dad seemed more disappointed than angry.
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Unfortunately I have to update the operating system regularly; and when every PHP application running on my computer and in needs of talking to a MySQL database started malfunctioning after the 10.4.4 update, I began to transform my disappointment in angriness.
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He said at no time did he campaign for the position from any association and saw no need to get disappointed because he was just asked to contest the position.
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But to his disappointment, the offer was eventually refused by the parochial church council.
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It was disappointing to read two recent articles: ‘Summer events threatened by dearth of helpers’ and ‘Guild disbands as membership falls’.
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Franco does not disappoint; he looks like the major star he's fast becoming, even dishier in person than on screen and also thinner (minimal flesh was definitely the theme of the room.)
Erica Abeel: WHEN CUTTING OFF YOUR ARM IS THE SOLUTION
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It is time to put behind all the disappointment and unpleasantness of the past 12 months, and get ready to begin the New Year with a resolution to always look at the brighter side of life.
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She smiled at the eagerness that faded to disappointment.
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He found it difficult to hide his disappointment when she didn't arrive.
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Obviously I am disappointed that Manchester United are not competing in Europe next season, but on the other hand I would hate to see the name of Manchester United linked with aggro.
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Tears of disappointment would come in spite of myself, as I crept away to hide the poor, crimpled manuscript in the depths of my trunk.
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career
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He said: 'I have disappointed and let down a lot of people.
The Sun
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I actually took an on-line course on dreams, and I was disappointed in the information about reoccurring dreams (there was almost none).
Day in the Life of an Idiot
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The only disappointment for the Villagers was the fact they conceded a controversial converted try late on to deny them a prized clean sheet.
