consternation

That effort has been heavily centered in the Los Angeles region, to the consternation of many Democratic leaders and immigration advocacy organizations.

The timing was awful and it caused consternation internally.

Losing a chance for a Grand Slam title is a key source of consternation for the doubles players.

They still think that, even in light of all that’s gone wrong to this point, they possess the kind of otherworldly potential that caused so much consternation back before the season.

This fact has caused extreme consternation among the general public, the responsible political class and the mainstream news media about how this centuries-old system has been short-circuited, if not wholly broken.