chagrined
Example Sentences
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But while durian lovers feast, Malaysian farmers are chagrined.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Scott was chagrined, she says, both because she had scheduled many meetings during other people’s dinner hours and because she hadn’t considered that fathers also want to have meals with their children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
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
He was clearly chagrined to be partly foiled when Powell made the same argument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
He was dashing and dejected, poised and chagrined.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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