chagrined
Example Sentences
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But while durian lovers feast, Malaysian farmers are chagrined.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026
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 • Mar. 26, 2026
The front end, which was also a trunk, came up right to my rib cage, a contact point that would have chagrined any high school football coach as bad tackling form: too high.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
The lady’s chagrined reaction, as caught by a cameraman and transmitted to the giant screen at the rear of the stage, was like a little one-act play about access to stardom in pop’s parasocial age.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024
Seventeen years ago she was chagrined when I started dating Ted.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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