Sentence example with the word 'dismay'

dismay

abash, appall, cold feet, discomfort, dread, fluster, horror, pain, pother, shock, trepidation

Definition n. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

Last update: July 25, 2015


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We were dismayed at Indian teams poor performance.   [Please select]

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She expressed her dismay at his failure to secure top rank.   [Please select]

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Their faces were a picture of dismay, and I had to swallow an evil chuckle.   [Please select]

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There would be widespread dismay were the legislation not to feature in the next Queen 's speech.   [Please select]

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The insurgents ceased to resist or to remonstrate; but the awe which had silenced their discords had dismayed their courage.   [Please select]

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Frenchmen of letters--or rather of papers--declared that all England was smitten with dismay; and so she might have been, if she had heard of it.   [Please select]

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Fame magnified their numbers and their high state of equipment and discipline, and spread abroad other circumstances, which dismayed the courage of the insurgents.   [Please select]

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Whichever way she looked Gorgo saw only white faces, stamped with passion, dismay, and dread.   [Please select]

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Jenny Dennison proceeded on her errand, but soon returned with such a face of surprise and dismay as evinced a deep interest in the fate of the prisoner.   [Please select]

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Harrison, in his ride, encountered some such report concerning the event of the battle, and turned his horse back to Tillietudlem in great dismay.   [Please select]

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