Example sentences for: dismayed

How can you use “dismayed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A University of Arizona student who enrolled in a class called "Women in Literature" was dismayed to discover that the class addressed gay and lesbian issues.

  • It goes without saying that Chatterbox is also shocked and dismayed.

  • When he died (of natural causes) in 133 b.c. , his subjects were dismayed to learn that he had bequeathed his entire kingdom to the Romans.

  • But Bennett is also clearly dismayed that the national press, which failed to pursue with any energy what he considers credible charges that President Clinton raped a woman in the 1970s, has not let up on the question of George W. and coke.

  • So dismayed are professors and administrators at the poor quality of their students' speech, reports the Boston Globe , that a number of schools, from Smith College to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are increasing classroom speaking requirements and offering electives to help students lose speech tics such as "whatever" and "you know."


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