How To Use Dismay In A Sentence

they moaned in despair and dismay
Gadafy's striking non-endorsement of the Democratic candidate focused in part on Obama's pledge of "unshakeable" support for Israel, which caused dismay, if not surprise, across the Arab and Muslim worlds last week. Obama Taking Over Democratic National Committee Partly To Avoid Kerry's Fate
I doubt that Michelle Obama was surprised or dismayed by the boos at the Nascar rally: it's not surprising that the national doubtfulness about first ladies and the strong, accomplished women who are coming to hold the role would emerge in boos from some of the Obama administration's fiercest opponents. Michelle Obama's Nascar boos | Kay Dilday
'I knew a case once where an heir who expected a large sum of money was bequeathed a family Bible, which he threw into the fire, learning afterwards, to his dismay, that it contained many thousands of pounds in Bank of England notes, the object of the devisor being to induce the legatee to read the good Book or suffer through the neglect of it.' The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont
Further evidence of China's increasing dismay with Pyongyang comes in a cable in June 2009 from the US ambassador to Kazakhstan, Richard Hoagland.

To our dismay, unknown to us there was a motel only three kilometres down the road.
European visitors to the site on the Wells Estate are often dismayed to find a landmark where undrinkable water leaks from crumbling walls.
He was also dismayed at the organisation and facilities and finally walked off the job in disgust.
The European Court's decision has been greeted with dismay by fishermen.
I will be courageous and undismayed in the face of odds.
Intelligence officials are dismayed at the way their methods have been exposed. Times, Sunday Times
Moving to the windows overlooking the dock, he watched his men work, a look of dismay on his face.
To my dismay, but not utter shock, Jim was sitting at the table with his coffee and paper.
Fellow MEPs hurled abuse at Mr Berlusconi and thumped their desks in the European Parliament Chamber in dismay.
To my dismay David had to retake most of my shots so I think I was practically the last model left.
Analysts who depended heavily upon intuition for their discoveries were rather dismayed at this counter-intuitive function.
Referee Clive Owen pointed to the spot without hesitation, to the dismay of the Lismore crowd.
Some of them express dismay, others celebrate, but all are astonished.
The creek -- that part of it near which the willows grew, and where the old ashery used to stand -- had been their daily resort every summer-day all their lives; and they all looked at her with astonishment and dismay, but none of them spoke. Shenac's Work at Home
Yet, dismayingly, the Government retracted many of these commitments this week - and the numbers problem festers on.
He sounded as if he was thoroughly disgusted by the whole business and she felt a pang of dismay.
I know that we shall not fail them; but fortified by the great experience in this war of our strength in unity, go forward with them undismayed into the future.
But his attack drew dismay and anger. Times, Sunday Times
Conservative councillors, who have been campaigning for a weekly clean, said they were dismayed by the decision and felt residents had been let down.
But the processes of investigation and justice will always dismay the innocent. Times, Sunday Times
Much to my dismay I am the bearer of bad tidings: Paramount has made the decision not to include even a single solitary supplement on this disc.
Holly and Annmarie surveyed their portion of the kingdom with dismay. JUST BETWEEN US
He was dismayed by the "intellectual thinness" of the country.
Cold, heavy, the weight of dismay started to coalesce in Patience's stomach. A RAKE'S VOW
Mr Bracegirdle, from Rochdale, says he was dismayed when staff told him flowers were no longer accepted.
She found to her dismay that no native Indian fish had been mentioned in any of them.
She also incarnates expatriate women, like Hooda, living in exile in London and perpetually nursing her Scotch, and the American woman watching CNN in dismay.
He was dismayed to find that dozens defied him to vote for the new president, exposing a deep rift. Times, Sunday Times
The whole world is looking with shock and dismay on what's happening in Fiji.
Felipe Calderon went on Twitter to express dismay over what he called an "aberrant act of terror and barbarity. News - latimes.com
To her, in these days of imminent dismay, my thoughts flew out as to a fair protecting saint; until the inspiration of her visionary presence wrought in my fancy with such a dramaturgic power, that I seemed to walk daily with her, and to know all those delicate and sweet propinquities by which liking passes into affection and affection is glorified into love. Apologia Diffidentis
This was an alternative route we had considered in planning so we were dismayed by fresh news.
I don't know that I'm particularly afraid of you, after all," declared the exponent of The Searchlight, and Banneker felt a twinge of dismay lest he might have derived, somewhence, an access of courage. Success A Novel
Much to my dismay, however, mashup culture seems to be not only thriving but expanding. Times, Sunday Times
Y'know, after watching Wednesday's RNC festivities, I'm rather annoyed with myself that I titled dismayingly chimpy Dubya notwithstanding, at least Fred Thompson can sometime muster up the ornery menace of an aging silverback. Ghost in the Machine
The thought that she might fail the history test dismayed her.
Her expression hovered somewhere between excitement and dismay. Time Scout
It could have expressed dismay at Pringle's obvious lack of race awareness, censured him, and sent him on a training course.
Tenderness dismayingly cut with acerbities. Times, Sunday Times
To their dismay, Staveley found they had their backs to the wall as Celtic grabbed two goals back.
That second change was dismaying because it also conferred resistance to another common drug called clindamycin that physicians used when erythromycin did not work. SUPERBUG
# announcement in 1995 that non-lethal weapons - including high powered microwaves and radio frequency devices - are to be 'transited' to the law enforcement sector was met with dismay in some quarters Archive 2009-05-01
They are deaf and blind to public dismay at the cultural tsunami heading their way. The Sun
I have love love loved addictive Lip Venom, and Nordie’s for years and I am bleedin dismayed that they have betrayed me and crossed over to the Crap Side. 'Twilight'-inspired fashion hits Nordstrom | EW.com
The decision to nullify the result and call for fresh elections has been met with dismay in some quarters as it is felt it will doom the province to another three months of campaigning and another period of uncertainty.
The tide was out and to my dismay I found the beach a disgrace and an indictment on our society.
Although to her dismay, his lips did not pucker nor did they even move as she drew near.
I was a little dismayed to see that my homemade muelsi (oatmeal, wheat flakes, dried cranberries, dried pears), at $3.85 a pound, is slightly more expensive than the least expensive ("unsweetened") bulk muesli (baby cut oatmeal, wheat flakes, dates, walnuts) at the Rainbow, which is only $3.77 a pound. Eating Organic on a Food Stamp Budget :: May 2007 :: Rebecca Blood
This is the sort of book that sells, which I'm sure dismays some scholarly writers who have not quite gotten used to living in the real world yet.
She also played Maria in the musical West Side Story, though, to her dismay, her singing had to be dubbed.
Since that day Mary had carried a flask of tea with her, now noting with dismay that she had left it behind at the wall.
I felt the same way in high school and then in college my annoyance and dismay was transfered from the bad people to the people who sucked up to professors and reaped benefits not because they worked hard or were smart but only because they flattered the professor’s ego. More Honest Scrapping « Tales from the Reading Room
The conservative commentator George Will has been especially incisive of late about the "dismaying," "un-presidential temperament" of McCain and the sleazy tenor of his campaign. Carl Bernstein: The Palin Pick -- The Devolution of McCain
But scarcely had those few individuals effected their retreat in this manner, when a tremendous crash was heard, cries and shrieks of horror and dismay burst from those who had not as yet passed through the opening, and then the roof of the chamber of penitence and all the adjacent cells gave way with a din as of a thousand cannon, burying beneath their weight the sextoness, the five penitents, the inmates of Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
But any moderate secularist, including many Catholics, can only look with dismay at the ultraconservative bent of the Spanish Church and its political allies on the right.
Yet I was dismayed to find a fridge the size of a suitcase in our first flat. Times, Sunday Times
At Christmas, the town was dismayed when a nativity crib was stolen from a pensioner's garden.
And when Satan's eyes are called "baleful," the word, besides indicating the "huge affliction and dismay" that he feels, gives a hint of the woes that are in store for the victims on whom those eyes have not yet lit. Milton
Of perhaps greater dismay to the Board, of 42 exit row passengers, only 10 read the safety card and watched the preflight briefing from the flight attendants.
The Midwest, however, has largely kept the faith, which dismays observers like Thomas Frank.
I only ask this because I happened to eaves drop with utter dismay when three of the bloated scrum on that Eurostar lamented about the busy week ahead of them - then whinge about what an "agg'" it was that they had to sign on some time. And the winners were ... les touts
I went to the discount bin and was dismayed to find a choice between blue and beige stripes and a skyscape of cloud-hugging teddy bears. Shade
Having lived through it once I am dismayed to see it again; this has to be the fifth 70s revival I've endured.
After the lunch counter at the largest department store in Atlanta was desegregated, sit-in organizers were dismayed that the first black people to eat there honored the occasion by dressing in their finest clothes, including fur coats. A Renegade History of the United States
He added: 'I am dismayed to see a hard core of repeat offenders back in the system. Times, Sunday Times
Hurrah!" shouted Seth Allport, his ringing voice making itself heard above the sound of the rushing water and the echoing chorus of the men's cheers; but, an instant after, his exclamation of delight was changed to one of dismay, as a flight of arrows and the ping of rifle bullets whistled around the party, while the dread war-whoop of their Indian assailants burst forth in all its shrill discordancy. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek
North Wiltshire MP James Gray has added his voice to the growing chorus of dismay over plans to build a tunnel under the M4 from Swindon to Wootton Bassett.
There was also dismay about yet another decline in languages. Times, Sunday Times
This might dismay investors, as it might lead to losses even from what seemed to be safe investments.
In a sartorial choice that has baffled and dismayed people ever since, upper-class Parisians adopted the mercenaries 'knotted scarf, which they called a "cravat" - a mispronunciation of the word "Croat" probably caused by a restricted larynx. Pipes Output
On the right there is dismay that an election thought 'unlosable' is slipping away. Times, Sunday Times
That about turn on moves towards making shared parenting a right caused dismay. Times, Sunday Times
She turned around, her arm sliding across the surface, but to her dismay, she had accidentally batted a cracked clay pot from the closed covers.
We have learned to our dismay how quick government officials are to classify information, even when it is already in the public domain.
Renee, however, backed away with a little exclamation of surprise and dismay.
Well, speaking as a journalist I'm dismayed by the amount of pressure there is for pictures of combat.
It is the combined failure of the Scottish Executive and privatised rail companies to provide co-ordinated leadership that most dismays him and other electrification enthusiasts.
He is far from dismayed by the prospect of achieving financial independence at a time of a publishing recession.
Ward councillors have reacted with dismay, saying it will mean the end of historical links.
I was somewhat dismayed, but they all insisted it was a compliment to appear older than you are.
There is also a growing sense of dismay that attempts to contain and control corporate crime are largely absent or ineffectual.
The prospect of Britain suffering a fresh wave of redundancies will be greeted with dismay in the Cabinet. Times, Sunday Times
I was dismayed by these feelings, even ashamed, having always presumed that a good feminist would beat this rap.
But triumph turned to dismay when he learned that the archive was to be split up into 137 separate lots for auction at Christie's.
He drags himself out of bed with a look of dismay and resists attempts to urge him to make haste. Words Of Love: Passionate Women from Heloise to Sylvia Plath
But Kelly had been dismayed when he learned through a London confederate that the famous Fenton Hardy had been called in on the case. THE VIKING SYMBOL MYSTERY
Much to the dismay of many a hardcore computer geek, our world is not a binary system.
The news has been greeted with dismay by local business leaders.
To the dismay of the people, Roh tried to defend all his relatives and aides implicated in irregularities.
A brief confab and much to the dismay of the defence, Mr Crouch was pointing to the spot.
I was dismayed to learn that she had failed again.
Sarah had asked the shopkeeper, and been dismayed to learn that although she knew some basic spells, that woman who tended the herb shop wasn't really a Spellcaster.
That said, he is in an exceptionally sweet mood today, buoyed up by Friday's release of his new film, Angela's Ashes, and, I'd say, not exactly dismayed by the controversy it has generated.
To the dismay of the statisticians and pollsters, the only folks who truly fit the ‘happiest people’ profile to a tee are apprenticing morticians.
To the dismay of its critics and the delight of its fans, romantic comedy is a formula genre.
With such strange termes her eyes she doth inure, that with one looke she doth my life dismay: and with another doth it streight recure, her smile me drawes, her frowne me driues away. Amoretti and Epithalamion
Many a time I have stood on the broken end, where the discouraged labourers had left their very shovels and picks and trucks and had apparently fled in dismay, as if convicted of the impiousness of trying to fill the Bottomless Pit. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
To his dismay, that young lionheart also disappeared into thin air. Times, Sunday Times
To her surprise and partial dismay Shaun was standing on the other side of the door.
Readers' responses ranged from delight to dismay - just the sort of diversity of opinion that innovation thrives on.
Enthusiasm at the possibility of transcending ethnic politics turned to dismay as misgovernment, corruption, and human rights violations occurred.
She died her hair, started dressing "punky" and to her dismay her dad and her label execs went along with it and exploited it. Ashlee Simpson Takes ‘SNL’ Lip Sync Blame
Much to my dismay, a number of users commented that they have already started such a list.
Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speed-boat was moving in a circle.
However, much to Bryce's displeasure and dismay, Alex was a good player and asset to the team.
Those who accompanied the Southern army on this arduous march will recall the dismayed expression of the emaciated faces at this unlooked-for calamity; and no face wore a heavier shadow than that of General Lee. A Life of Gen Robert E Lee
But if Mr. Trichet got encouragement on the Greek front at the summit, he will have been dismayed at the bad-tempered standoff between the new Irish government and its creditors. EU States Duck Financing Challenge
It was the drawn-out nature of the process that has caused such dismay. Times, Sunday Times
They stared at each other in dismay.
Yesterday, I expressed dismay at how Dr. Mehmet Oz, the protege of Oprah Winfrey who now has his own popular syndicated daily show, recently named the quackery known as reiki as number one in his list of "gone completely over to the Dark Side. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
This caused a sensation among the surfing fraternity, but dismay in the hearts of Quiksilver's rivals.
The ball took a slight bounce, however, and ended in the corner of the net to the keeper's dismay.
Pompey is afterwards dismayed to attend to which a Roman in actuality is in a field, which troops avocation "Can from a path of Egypt's widow pluck/The ne'er-lust-wearied Antony. Philadelphia Reflections: Shakspere Society of Philadelphia
But this was disbelief mingled with dismay, fear or plain bewilderment. Times, Sunday Times
He felt the adrenaline rush through him, carrying with it a discomfiting admixture of pleasure and dismay. SLEEP WHILE I SING
They've been dismayed to discover that the public is rather interested in whether the programme does any good. Times, Sunday Times
Mavis watched in dismay as youths drinking alcohol gathered in alleys, causing criminal damage to property and vehicles.
I was told this could not be done until November, and was then dismayed to find the company had debited my bank account for the following year, using an out-of-date debit card.
Their reaction dismayed him.
You can imagine my dismay as the years slipped by and no flame poked up his head. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
I was particularly dismayed at Lewand's treatment of modular exponentiation, which is the central operation in many cryptosystems.
To Beijing's dismay, jamming television signals during the spirited Hong Kong elections last year also didn't work: freelance electronics experts from the People's Liberation Army offered antijamming services to anyone who could pay. China's Renegade Province
Villagers reacted with shock and dismay to the news of the death.
There was also dismay about yet another decline in languages. Times, Sunday Times
We were both very anxious about the facsimiled letter, and when, after long preliminaries, the Commission came to the Times witnesses, I well remember the dismay with which I heard the first day of Mr. Macdonald's examination. Writer's Recollections
My great-grandparents would be dismayed by the dereliction of what was once the kitchen garden, where our pigs now rootle under the few survivors of Milicent's dozens of espaliered fruit trees, but they would, I hope, be reassured by the survival of some of the plants they put in, gifts of their friend Ellen Willmott, the great Edwardian gardener. Hancox: All under one roof
I was dismayed by their lack of confidence in the world's safest form of travel but understood their misgivings.
My great-grandparents would be dismayed by the dereliction of what was once the kitchen garden, where our pigs now rootle under the few survivors of Milicent's dozens of espaliered fruit trees, but they would, I hope, be reassured by the survival of some of the plants they put in, gifts of their friend Ellen Willmott, the great Edwardian gardener. Hancox: All under one roof
Recently, I was dismayed at Rowan introducing acrylic and nylon into some of their yarns.
MPs and security experts also reacted with dismay. Times, Sunday Times
We do it now or face the repercussions in the future, much to our dismay and disdain.
Eustace pulled up short in breathless dismay, for a few paces away there arose from among these untidy "humpies" some twenty natives -- erect, alert, all with poised boomerangs or spears ready to fling. Queensland Cousins
As Dickie found to his dismay, the internet has changed all that.
The kids learned about Cohen's criticism -- which chorus director Gregg Breinberg called "dismaying," -- when they returned to New York. NY Daily News
What dismays me now is the possibility of Scottish politicians betraying their commitment to young people for political advantage.
This is almost certainly not some deep-dyed plot by the company to rewrite history, but is the product of dismaying ignorance.
Apparently, when she saw the pictures of herself standing next to Liz, she was so dismayed by her own appearance she lightened her hair, went on a crash diet and started wearing elevator lifts in her shoes.
Blank is dismayed when he sees athletes 'money being ill-spent because there wasn't the proper planning. Waiting on the sidelines to pitch in
Leonie hurried to greet them, surprised and dismayed by their return.
The growing tide of abstentions and protest votes for the extreme right and the extreme left are other signs of disarray and dismay.
However, the list of consultees - which does not include the Hospital Friends, any voluntary sector organisation or local GPs - has dismayed Ms Gwyther.
We are dismayed that the demonstration was allowed to take place.
Dismayed by excessive rail freights on material inputs, several Midland firms chose to forfeit their established inland sites and relocate to the coast where cheap steel billets were available.
Last year I came back again and found, to my dismay and disappointment, a shabby, untidy and uncared for cluster of poorly kept houses with shocking colour schemes.
But this was disbelief mingled with dismay, fear or plain bewilderment. Times, Sunday Times
With the advent of Jewish Emancipation, when ghetto walls crumble and the shtetlach begin to dissolve, Jewry-like some wide-eyed anthropologist-enters upon a strange world, to explore a strange people observing a strange halakah They examine this world in dismay, with wonder, anger, and punitive objectivity. Indymedia Ireland
When she arrives, she is dismayed to find the same worship of appearance that she sought to escape. Times, Sunday Times
His shot deflected off the post into the back of the net, to the dismay of the Veterans players.
Be realistic from the outset, so that you don't become dismayed by your inability to keep to your own timetable.
He did not question their character, as he had on previous occasions, but he could not conceal his dismay at the way they defended after finding themselves in a commanding lead 10 minutes before half time.
It was the drawn-out nature of the process that has caused such dismay. Times, Sunday Times
What may instead be true is that, to the dismay of liberals, the growing belief that Mr Obama is a Muslim will compel him to be ever more risk-averse when choosing between safety and civil liberty.
He drags himself out of bed with a look of dismay and resists attempts to urge him to make haste. Words Of Love: Passionate Women from Heloise to Sylvia Plath
Many children actually resented it and some kids, to the supreme dismay of their parents, wore do-rags anyway.
The crowd was dismayed, because tax collectors were stereotyped as ‘rapacious extortioners.’
Turning around, she looked at my flushed face with dismay.
Modi – the one-time commissioner and Lord High Everything of the Indian Premier League, and an occasional social acquaintance in posh London wine bars of Kevin Pietersen, much to the dismay of the England and Wales Cricket Board which has made it known that he should seek more appropriate company – has been suspended from the post while investigations take place into his business dealings. What now for Indian cricket in the post-Lalit Modi era?
The surprise attack dismayed the enemy troops.
Those who followed or sympathized with bin Laden expressed shock and dismay, or vowed revenge. Reactions to bin Laden's death vary across Mideast
The news has been greeted with dismay, though. Times, Sunday Times
What dismayed me the most about the exchanges on the website was the display of simple, raw mercenariness among new lawyers just entering the profession.
wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made
Pay rises for senior allies caused yet more dismay. Times, Sunday Times
Little Benjie seemed somewhat dismayed at my appearance; but, calculating on my placability, and remembering, perhaps, that the ill-used Redgauntlet
Brady made no secret of his dismay over his treatment.
John Hinderaker calls the result "dismaying," arguing that Paul "has no business being taken seriously as a Presidential contender. Blogometer
Much to my dismay, two issues were sent to my home in Oregon after I had arrived in Norway.
Well, as I was saying, it was a brave notion of the king to put the loyalty of his land to the test, that the daft folk might be dismayed, and that the clanjamphrey might be tumbled down before their betters, like windle-straes in a hurricane: -- and so they were. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
We are also protecting ourselves against sadness, dismay and guilt. Times, Sunday Times
It is no real secret that Putin's spin-doctors put down a lot of work on cultivating the Russian leader's image as a strong man, even though Putin himself always "reacts" with dismay and calls for restraint in too overt idolisation. August 2007
The laws on hunting cause dismay to many animal lovers.
Left behind in the road the soldiers bunched in dismay, not one daring the same leap.
A library can provide the mind with nourishment, pleasure, yet prove a source of tedium and dismay.
Varro E. Tyler became dismayed by the proliferation of ‘inaccurate and deceptive information’ and wrote the first edition of The Honest Herbal in 1982 for the general public.
Religious parties realised this to their dismay when they failed at one poll after another.
They are also dismayed that foreign criminals are clogging our jails and causing mayhem on our roads. The Sun
However, and to my great dismay, it was quickly discovered that one of the bottles was a bit "corky"! Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
Did you ever have a crush on someone so off the beaten path that people just shake their heads at you in dismay when you mention it?
I'd have to come home to find Karen playing spelunk the money with the cast of Glee to consider venting my dismay on the internet. JD Roberto: It's (Not) Complicated
And needs change overnight, as many executives and senior managers have found to their dismay in the past several years.
But you can get it strange wrathfully the teasingly undismayed all terrain truck deterrent that premier it, and we gave him the web gravimeter. Rational Review
Yet there has also been dismay that concern over insider dealing may threaten the flow of information.
The news has been greeted with dismay by local business leaders.
To his considerable dismay, the clearly traumatised girl refuses to disclose the whereabouts of her mother, a former folk singer who was last seen in the company of a religious fanatic named David Minor.
She pushed it into the slot and dialled, dismayed to see she only had six units left.
Searls cast her letter as a response to people who have contacted her “expressing their dismay” and to “heavy criticism” she has received on the web site of Democratic Party activist George Loper, www. loper.org/~george. Searls Reflects on Council Loss at cvillenews.com
China's consulate in New York has voiced dismay over the acquittal of a U.S. border officer accused of beating a Chinese tourist and said it would closely monitor the progress of her civil lawsuit.
There was mainly dismay and anger. Times, Sunday Times
The results are likely to dismay supporters of liberal teaching methods.
This caused dismay for club members. Times, Sunday Times
Cold, heavy, the weight of dismay started to coalesce in Patience's stomach. A RAKE'S VOW
She could not hide her dismay at the result.
We may be dismayed that a 15-year-old feels her sense of worth rests on the size of her bust, but haven't 15-year-old girls always felt like this?
Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement it was "dismayed" at the ruling and called for Mr. Xue's release. China Court Says Oil Data Led to Case
_Be not dismayed lest I make thee dismayed_ and _I set thee this day Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922

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