chagrin

Example Sentences

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At this, I feel the chagrin on my face.

From Literature

Josie is chagrined to recognize that she would forgive him, too, if he ever so much as pretended to care about her.

From The Wall Street Journal

To my chagrin, being young and self-involved, as well as working a grueling summer job, I remember that I was almost oblivious to the crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal

Monteiro, who grew up in Rocinha, recalls the early days of "safari-like" tourism in the favela, when visitors guided by outsiders would show up in open-air jeeps, much to the chagrin of locals.

From Barron's

There was some self-pity creeping in, and not a little chagrin at being stupid enough to just let them run when I didn’t know the country.

From Literature