chagrined
Example Sentences
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Josie is chagrined to recognize that she would forgive him, too, if he ever so much as pretended to care about her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The front end, which was also a trunk, came up right to my rib cage, a contact point that would have chagrined any high school football coach as bad tackling form: too high.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
Condon is utterly captivating as a brutal villain, and no one plays a valiantly chagrined hero like Neeson, sorrowful and suffering.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2024
A rather chagrined Mr Ko told a room full of reporters that he had been tricked into the agreement - and that he should not have negotiated with the KMT alone, without any advisers present.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2023
"My lady," he said, chagrined that he had not heard her enter.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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