dismay
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Even Athena, if that genuinely is whom Zendaya is playing, isn’t that helpful, mostly staring at Odysseus in mute dismay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Iran voiced "dismay" over Qatar's accusations in a statement carried by state news agency IRNA, calling the claims "unacceptable."
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
To many fans' dismay, no, the couple have not said anything about their upcoming nuptials or if all the speculation about the weekend wedding festivities in New York is accurate.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Your own shock and Burack’s dismay are shared by others, it appears.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
From this crow’s nest Penelope could see everyone in the audience—and everyone could see her, she realized in dismay.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Yet the world's inability to fund more Mosquirix shots dismays many in Africa.
From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2022
The vanishing of the old nomadic ways dismays Li, but when she expressed this to a trader, he looked at her and asked, “Have we Kazakhs not suffered enough for you yet?”
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2021
Charlie dismays at his sister, Sally, saying all she wants “is my fair share,” and at Linus’ sister, Lucy, complaining about her gifts while what she really wants is real estate.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2020
“It dismays me that this is a part of the political process,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2016
What dismays him most is the irrelevance of it all.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Ogilvie’s Connecticut Congregationalist peers would have been dismayed to see the fruit of Protestant evangelism turn against American independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Speaking exclusively to BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Russell said he would be "dismayed" by such a decision.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
They were also dismayed and confused by the news that green card applicants would possibly have to leave the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Warsh left the Fed in 2011, dismayed by the growth of its balance sheet in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Oh, it rains, it pours, Noah himself would be dismayed.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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
Within that sphere we’re treated to a voice performance by Woods that is a small, hilarious, somewhat dismaying tour de force.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
It is dismaying that when a cougar kills livestock that the solution is to kill the cougar.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
But now, just when the new view seems to be taking hold, we may be in for another wrench, this time more dismaying and unsettling than anything we’ve come through.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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