consternation

Example Sentences

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But it did little to cool her consternation.

From Los Angeles Times

But the controversy has caused consternation among USC professors past and present.

From Los Angeles Times

Back in Tante Jans’s rooms, we considered this news in consternation.

From Literature

To my consternation, we heard a bell ring.

From Literature

The book, published just a quarter of a century after the events that inspired it, caused consternation because of the way it highlighted the suffering of German civilians.

From BBC