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Example sentences for: consternation

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One does not ordinarily expect a slim volume written by an academic philosopher and published by a university press to cause widespread consternation on the right.
We are all familiar with the naming process, whether it be with the great relief at hearing the doctor say “muscular strain” instead of “rheumatoid arthritis” as he examines the x-rays, with the Sunday supplement newspaper article summing up (for the umpteenth time) the latest new words and acronyms, with nothing with amusement, admiration, or consternation what some people name their children, and with scores of other instances we encounter daily.
Ross, to the apparent consternation of some reviewers but to my relief, strays beyond it.
Politically, the 1990s have been relatively quite times for the islands, although the divorce of Greek prime minister Andreas Papandreou and his subsequent marriage to a much younger woman caused consternation within conservative Greek society.
The top national story at the NYT and Los Angeles Times is the House vote, despite much previous conservative consternation, to maintain current levels of financial support for the National Endowment for the Arts.