chagrin

Example Sentences

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To my chagrin, being young and self-involved, as well as working a grueling summer job, I remember that I was almost oblivious to the crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Much to Beijing's chagrin, those running many such scam centres are often Chinese themselves.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

And as many homeowners have found to their chagrin, plumbing works silently in the background—until it doesn’t, with messy and even catastrophic aftereffects.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

Most often, they do so in the name of creative restoration — and to their fans’ chagrin.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

Three days go by like this and, to my chagrin, no one from the approximately twenty places at which I’ve applied calls me for an interview.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich