dismay

It would have been the perfect strike to mark an impressive few days but it was ruled out for offside, much to Wiegman's dismay.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The United Nations said Wednesday the 1.5C target would be missed and outlined how global temperatures might be brought back down in a first-of-its-kind assessment met with dismay in climate-vulnernable nations.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

As recently as this year, Moreno had indicated he wasn’t looking to sell, much to the dismay of frustrated Angels fans desperate for an end to his tenure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Ceding federal lands is also anathema to land preservation groups, which expressed dismay at the idea that any piece of Yosemite might be lost, no matter how small.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Like his spirit, Taran’s dreams were confused, filled with dismay and fear.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

Yet the world's inability to fund more Mosquirix shots dismays many in Africa.

From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2022

Washington’s high temperature rose into the middle of the 70s, a range that dismays few.

From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022

So it dismays Brandi Hunter Munden, the organization’s vice president of communications, to see people turn to fad diets that she says can pose the same hazards for pets as for humans.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2022

Yet despite that sharp contrast with Trump’s wealth, Merritt sees a similarity between the two men that dismays her.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2019

From the little he knows about Russian writers, it dismays him that his parents chose the weirdest namesake.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

“I don’t talk and think Slavery all the time,” Shaw told his dismayed parents as the secession crisis worsened.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Press Club of India said it was "shocked and dismayed" at the treatment of journalists during the protests, adding that the media "must be allowed to work freely, without fear".

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Among other things, James was dismayed that the Writers Guild of America — which had separately sued to block the deal — hadn’t been brought into the negotiations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Independent councillor Barry Monteith said people in the area were "dismayed".

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Obviously it was not Lady Constance; she seemed as dismayed by the content of the tableaux as Penelope was.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

Since Shakespeare’s verse for the young lovers is among his most rhapsodic and hypnotically beautiful, the choice is dismaying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The co-owner of the Swiss bar hit by a deadly fire during New Year celebrations was released from custody on Friday after bail was paid on his behalf, dismaying victims' families.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

No American orchestra of San Diego’s merit or promise under its rising star music director, Rafael Payare, had been stuck in so dismaying a venue as Symphony Towers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2024

It is dismaying that when a cougar kills livestock that the solution is to kill the cougar.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

The discovery that we are, as one investigator phrased it, living in a “sea of carcinogens” is of course dismaying and may easily lead to reactions of despair and defeatism.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson