consternate

Example Sentences

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President Martin Vizcarra said on Twitter that he was “consternated” by Garcia’s death, and sent his condolences to his family members.

From Reuters

Indeed, we have become so collectively consternated that a 2016 analysis led by the World Health Organisation estimated that, without more treatment, 12bn working days will be lost because of anxiety each year.

From The Guardian

Sometimes I became so consternated when I woke up to the reality of my weaknesses that I scrambled to the computer in order to escape all over again.

From Los Angeles Times

The consternating fact is that from Lake Erie to the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Mexico to the coastal waters of New Zealand, dead zones are growing in both size and number.

From Salon

When Wales in that year’s World Cup consternated the All Blacks and then England by playing a running game, it was said that the change was despite Hansen, not because of him.

From The Guardian