chagrined

Example Sentences

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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

A rather chagrined Mr Ko told a room full of reporters that he had been tricked into the agreement - and that he should not have negotiated with the KMT alone, without any advisers present.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2023

She would go on like that for hours, connecting one offense to another until all of the things that chagrined her were spewed out.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison