dismaying
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Dismaying in the film is the actual close with its evidences of contrition on the part of Dorian Gray, and also the earlier grotesque treatment of the idea of the painting.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2022
Dismaying was this call to the carriers who have been hoping to get all first class mail.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Dismaying because it had seemed to her a limitation unworthy of her aspirations and abilities.
From Unleavened Bread by Grant, Robert