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    1. Yet I tried again, in vain; my gun was nothing but a burden now and I threw it down in dismay


    2. Kara signed herself out of the records office and the two women walked in silence along the street towards the little café – one of the larger chains that prided itself on the quality of its coffee, Kara noted with dismay


    3. But after quite a while, to everyone's dismay, the big man reappeared looking as though he'd been dousing himself under the hose Nikos used to wash his car, maybe to sober up


    4. She scooped it up, cleaned it as best as she could under the circumstances, and wrapped it in a piece of cloth cut from the coat she was wearing; (to Tarak’s dismay), then she placed it close to her heart


    5. cause dismay you must give sudden attention to something that is highly


    6. ‘Is that what you want to do, Sarah?’ he asked, uncertainty battling with dismay in his eyes


    7. with dismay at the sorry broken morsel


    8. was standing directly in front of Roman with head tilted in dismay, trying to make


    9. There was a general cry of dismay as the third wave clambered over the trench merely to be met with a field so liberally strewn with spiked metal caltrops that it was impossible not to step on one


    10. Slumping to the water, her power spent, it was with great dismay that Emily noted that the dark clad soldiers had chosen to remain

    11. document, and shook his head in dismay


    12. dismay, when dealing with the previous shockers, but to this one


    13. But to her dismay, the Imperial only shook his head and shrugged at it all


    14. But his obvious dismay only rendered the Vinius men more curious


    15. Much to Mr Pinscher's dismay, he reached out for the largest and plumpest of the drumsticks, settled into an elbow chair, and embarked on a series of exploratory nibbles


    16. Mr Pinscher could not disguise his dismay, as the animal proceeded to tear it apart


    17. dismay, when he pulled back to stroke, he yanked it all the way out of her


    18. The look of dismay on his face


    19. Pace Greek mythology, when Pandora lifted the lid from the box, she discovered to her dismay that it contained nothing but music – rap music


    20. There has been a general reaction of dismay amongst the UK government

    21. Lost in his own dismay at having been thwarted, Gerrid hadn’t noticed the figure behind him


    22. It spoke of defeat and utter dismay


    23. Some Judges showed their dismay by giving the lightest sentences possible


    24. �I know,� said Hoover to his dismay


    25. Do not really understand the commander's dismay for the statutes seemed to me quite well endowed, and something to flash so to speak


    26. But to her dismay the youngsters backed away, a deep fear evident in their darting eyes as they scattered in panic, screaming for their mothers


    27. “Brubaker! What’s that?” he asked in dismay


    28. “Holy fuck,” he said in dismay


    29. “This is Mayor Pedlar,” he heard to his dismay


    30. “Nothing’s worth that,” Bonnie said in dismay

    31. Fred stomped on the brakes as hard as he could, gasping in dismay, white knuckles on the steering wheel


    32. “What the…?” the kid twittered, jumping in dismay as one nearly hit his foot


    33. “What the fuck?” I said in dismay


    34. Sim, Trent and several others watched the big screens in dismay


    35. The Poles all began expressing their alarm and dismay simultaneously, until Colling waved his hands and asked them to listen to him


    36. “I…I…don’t know what happened,” I stammered out in confusion and dismay


    37. I found my left hand clutching at my mouth in dismay, with no idea of how it had gotten there


    38. All of her women had cowered thoughtlessly behind her as visions of trampling brought looks of dismay and then despair to their faces


    39. To my dismay, Ernest found this an offer he couldn’t refuse


    40. In this state of dismay, she suggested to Nick they take some family time together and go on a weekend camping trip

    41. As a young man he loved running around naked in the rural areas to great dismay of the inhabitants of the town


    42. to release her dismay, for fear of being heard by the others


    43. He felt an ugly shock of disappointment and dismay


    44. Covered with dust: dismay


    45. She entered the shop and stood there in dismay


    46. The two did not know what to do, other than look at her in dismay


    47. And dismay was what they faced as they got there


    48. The other titans looked in dismay as they could see nothing but the water and as they got closer, the water split again and the two titans inside looked completely untouched by any liquid


    49. It was an incongruous reaction; one of elation interweaved with dismay


    50. Nonetheless, years later, 1987 in fact, when having been sober two years, I decided to embellish my own never sought after government contract professional credentials from NCMA by applying to become a Fellow member thereof, as well as to take and pass the CPCM exam, I learned with chagrin and dismay that FPI would not give me “partial credit” for the 9 out of 10 sessions that I did attend in LA back in ‘69














































    1. afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever


    2. dismayed, searching vainly for the reassurance of ice


    3. The bartender looks totally dismayed, but Maggie appears in the nick of time to give him a hand


    4. They were astonished, dismayed as they discussed what to do


    5. He gave his usual three short beeps on the call button, and was dismayed that Elmore answered almost immediately


    6. Jim told of how she’d persuaded Wes into sending the rope back down for him, and Mike sounded dismayed, due to the fact of her fear of height


    7. I was dismayed more than shocked, and I didn"t know how to handle this


    8. When Shelagh opened the door she was dismayed by the sight of the bedraggled figure standing shivering in the light of her doorway, dressed only in a light sweater and jeans and pale as a ghost


    9. She was dismayed at the sadness Shelagh suddenly displayed as if it was buried in the past, but could think of no comfort to offer except to mumble, 'I'm sorry


    10. Upon arrival, he was completely dismayed at finding out that the Saginaw was six months from completion at Mare Island

    11. He looked at her dismayed expression


    12. He looked down at his hands and was dismayed to see that crimson stains still smeared his fingers


    13. He stretched out with his hands and feet and was dismayed to discover that he could touch all four walls of the room at once


    14. As he thought over his life, he was dismayed by the growing realisation that he hadn’t learnt anything in his whole life


    15. Something that Master in the future would say”: Do not be dismayed at good-byes


    16. 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid


    17. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as


    18. strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed


    19. dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him, for there be more with us than with him, 8 With him is an


    20. She was dismayed to realize she wasn’t

    21. woman who travails; I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it


    22. 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of


    23. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: note,


    24. not dismayed at the signs of Heaven; because the heathen are dismayed at them


    25. Misgab is confounded and dismayed


    26. 36 A sword is on the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is on her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed


    27. He was staring at Jerome with his ears full of voices, and his face was dismayed


    28. While I had a fair grasp of the Napoles dialect, I was dismayed while at Atella to discover I could not communicate with the Italianos from the north


    29. dismayed to see that by now there was nothing left


    30. 9 Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be you dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go

    31. Doc was dismayed to hear that both the town’s doctors


    32. Eze 3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house


    33. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest


    34. 1Ch 22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed


    35. He asked the mast, "Who would he have guide the boat but those sailing it? What thinks he, that one who sails the sea can be dismayed by a mere stream?"


    36. Congress and the President are dismayed, but haven't come


    37. We observed that request and just walked around the rock (a beautiful experience of its own), but were dismayed to note that a number of tourist ignored that request and climbed the rock anyway


    38. So he was a little dismayed to find a Hyundai sedan already parked alongside the cottage


    39. The Minister was shocked and dismayed to hear about the pollutant-bearing gas canisters, which Hu Lyang had not told him about


    40. She lapsed into dismayed silence

    41. When I went into the waiting room to greet Thelma, I was dismayed at her physical


    42. And when they kill the Son of Man, be not dismayed, for I declare that on the third day he shall rise


    43. To Andrew he said: "Be not dismayed by the events just ahead


    44. Pilate, himself being a skeptic, did not understand that men of strong religious feelings will not hesitate to die for their religious convictions; and therefore was he dismayed when these Jews drew themselves up defiantly before his palace, bowed their faces to the ground, and sent word that they were ready to die


    45. The water was bitterly cold and the shock sent him scrambling away into the corner of the room, alarmed and dismayed


    46. Eric had tried to go and see Steve this morning and was dismayed to see Steve's house half burnt down


    47. " He shrugged as if dismayed that there was no more challenge


    48. The pilot was dismayed at this discovery, as he had originally calculated that they had landed well beyond this land mark


    49. I did do some further tracking and was quite dismayed to see 104


    50. I was dismayed because not long before that I had shaved














































    1. The rapid consensus amongst congress, the joint chiefs, was dismaying


    2. “I understand, but it was rather dismaying at first


    3. There was no point in dismaying them further by revealing the full facts of the military and bureaucratic inefficiency which allowed the German warships to sail unscathed past the cliffs of Dover


    4. Though this was not uncharacteristic of his friend, he found it quite odd and dismaying that such an intelligent man would be doing something so very reckless and irresponsible


    5. A dismaying thought had taken root in my mind


    6. Is this dismaying fact ever put into textbooks? Never


    1. It saddens and dismays me to hear that Bishop Higbold has chosen to dress like his luxurious brothers and uncles, rather than as commanded in Scripture by Our Father


    2. There was no bound of dismays and traumas in our family


    3. He was very upset with his mother; angry with his father for all the daily dismays


    4. They alone, in the infiltering night, heard the far-off baying of dismays and despairs that cast a spell


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    Synonyms for "dismay"

    alarm consternation dismay discouragement disheartenment appal appall horrify cast down deject demoralise demoralize depress dispirit get down shake daunt disconcert dread anxiety fear horror panic

    "dismay" definitions

    the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles


    fear resulting from the awareness of danger


    lower someone's spirits; make downhearted


    fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised