dismaying
Example Sentences
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The co-owner of the Swiss bar hit by a deadly fire during New Year celebrations was released from custody on Friday after bail was paid on his behalf, dismaying victims' families.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
It was not merely the secrecy in which the scheme had been plotted that its critics found dismaying.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
“It is dismaying that so many of them have been forgotten.”
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023
More dismaying was the lack of pressure on Allen from a defensive front that lost Von Miller to the Bills, along with an apparently cautious secondary that didn’t make enough big plays.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022
I had a dismaying feeling of being eight again, eight and lost in the wrong part of town, harried by farmers’ sons.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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